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Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-01
Page range: 191–196
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Impatiens baishaensis (Balsaminaceae): a new species from Sichuan, China

Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University
Management Bureau of Sichuan Wawu Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University
Balsaminaceae China Impatiens new species Sichuan Eudicots

Abstract

Impatiens baishaensis B. Ding & H. P. Deng is a new species from Wawu Shan and Dafengding, Sichuan Province, China. The new species is superficially similar to I. oxyanthera in having 2-flowered racemose inflorescences and pink flowers with reddish veins, but differs from the latter by having smaller flowers, abaxial midveins of lateral sepals and dorsal petals puberulent, dorsal petal spotted with purple-red, and lower sepals navicular. Seed micromorphology and palynological features observed with scanning electron microscopy are also presented.