A new species of epiphytic Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Abstract

Impatiens bhaskarii, a new species is described and illustrated from the Western Ghats, India. It is endemic and confined to the Western Ghats of Karnataka (India). This species is closely allied to I. stocksii Hook. f. and Thomson and I. dendricola C. E. C. Fisch., but differs in possessing lilac to pink-coloured flowers, a short dorsal auricle, and seeds with hairs all over from the former, and in having lilac to pink-coloured flowers, saccate spur and seeds with hairs all over from the latter.