Impatiens pathakiana (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India

Rajib Gogoi; Souravjyoti Borah

doi:10.7751/telopea8484

Authors

Rajib Gogoi Botanical Survey of India Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre Itanagar
Souravjyoti Borah Botanical Survey of india

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea8484

Keywords:

Balsaminaceae, Impatiens, Plant Diversity

Abstract

Impatiens pathakiana Gogoi & Borah, a new species is described and illustrated from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. The species is restricted to hilly slopes along margin of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved montane forests of Chaglagam (Dalai Valley), Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Diagnostic morphological characters distinguishing the new species from the morphologically similar species, I. fenghwaiana Y.L.Chen and I. wuyuanensis Y.L.Chen are discussed.