Impatiens devendrae Pusalkar (Balsaminaceae): an addition to the flora of Jammu & Kashmir, India
Impatiens devendrae Pusalkar is reported here as a new distribution record for the flora of Jammu & Kashmir from the Nathatop area in the forest range Batote of Ramban District. The identifying characteristics of the species include the presence of yellow streaks on the triangular lateral united petals, pinkish-white flowers, oblong-bucciniform lower sepals, abruptly constricted into hooked spurs. Previously, the species was reported from Uttarakhand.
Authors
- Tikam Singh Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3094-7011)
- Dhani Arya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-6743)
- Naresh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0951-9621)
- Diksha Kumari
Institutions
- National Botanical Research Institute (IN)
- Human Resource Development Center (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Threatened Taxa
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9277.16.10.26035-26039
- Primary Topic
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute