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Impatiens sashinborthakurii (Balsaminaceae) a New Species of Impatiens from Meghalaya, Northeast India


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalaya Regional Centre, Gangtok – 737103, Sikkim, India
2 Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, T.N.A.U. Campus, P.O. Lawley Road Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Woodlands, Laitumkhrah, Shillong – 793 003, Meghalaya, India
 

Impatiens sashinborthakurii, a new species from Meghalaya, northeast India is described and illustrated. The new species is easily distinguished from its allied taxa by its alternate leaves, axillary fascicled, bicolored, white and purple flowers and bucciniform lower sepal with curved spur.

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Balsam, Meghalaya, Northeast India, New Species.
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Authors

Rajib Gogoi
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalaya Regional Centre, Gangtok – 737103, Sikkim, India
Norbu Sherpa
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalaya Regional Centre, Gangtok – 737103, Sikkim, India
Maruthakkutty Murugesan
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, T.N.A.U. Campus, P.O. Lawley Road Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Laishram Ricky Meitei
Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Woodlands, Laitumkhrah, Shillong – 793 003, Meghalaya, India

Abstract


Impatiens sashinborthakurii, a new species from Meghalaya, northeast India is described and illustrated. The new species is easily distinguished from its allied taxa by its alternate leaves, axillary fascicled, bicolored, white and purple flowers and bucciniform lower sepal with curved spur.

Keywords


Balsam, Meghalaya, Northeast India, New Species.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv61%2F2019%2F149803