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IMPATIENS MOHANA (BALSAMINACEAE), A NEW SCAPIGEROUS BALSAM FROM WAYANAD, WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2012

M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan ,
K. A. Sujana ,
V. Balakrishnan ,
R. Meera Raj  and
N. Anil Kumar
M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan
Affiliation:
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal 673 121, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: ratheeshpoduval@yahoo.co.in
K. A. Sujana
Affiliation:
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal 673 121, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: ratheeshpoduval@yahoo.co.in
V. Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal 673 121, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: ratheeshpoduval@yahoo.co.in
R. Meera Raj
Affiliation:
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal 673 121, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: ratheeshpoduval@yahoo.co.in
N. Anil Kumar
Affiliation:
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal 673 121, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: ratheeshpoduval@yahoo.co.in
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Abstract

A new species of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) from Wayanad District, Kerala, India, Impatiens mohana Ratheesh, Sujana & Anil, is described, illustrated and compared with I. modesta Wight.

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Balsaminaceaeendemic speciesImpatiens mohanaIndiaKeralanew speciesWayanadWestern Ghats
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , July 2012 , pp. 281 - 285
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2012

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