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Impatiens versicolor Eb. Fisch., Abrah., Holstein & S. B. Janssens 2021

Dataset
Evolution of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) in the Albertine Rift – The endemic Impatiens purpureoviolacea complex consists of ten species
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Ericales
family
Balsaminaceae
genus
Impatiens
species
Impatiens versicolor

biology_ecology

Ecology. – Wet rocks and roadbanks in montane rainforest, 1800 – 1900 m.

description

Description. – Plants erect to suberect or ascending, usually glabrous or only with loose hairs, or sometimes densely hairy on upper leaf surface, stems and pedicels later glabrescent, stems 20 – 50 cm long. Leaves with 4 – 8 cm long petiole, petiole with 0 – 2 (4) pairs of extrafloral nectaries, lamina ovate, acuminate, 35 – 46 × 21 – 34 mm, margin with 10 – 15 pairs of extrafloral nectaries. Inflorescence with (1) 2 flowers, peduncle 5.5 – 16.5 mm long, pedicel 11 – 18 mm long. Flowers white, petal base barely yellow, purple maculae at base large, occasionally single pink flowers appearing on the same plant. Lateral sepals 4.5 – 6.5 × 1 – 2 mm. Lower sepal navicular, 7 – 9 mm long and 3 – 4.5 mm deep, abruptly constricted into a spiraled, usually filiform spur, 13 – 19 mm long. Dorsal petal divided to less than 1 / 3 of its length, 7 – 11 × 10.5 – 16.5 mm. Lateral united petals up to 23 mm long, upper lateral united petals 10 – 18 × 5 – 7.5 mm, not overlapping lower lateral united petals, base of upper lateral petal with dark pink or red and yellow maculae, lower lateral petal 13 – 19.5 × 5 – 7.5 mm. Ovary glabrous, 4 – 5 mm long. Fruit glabrous, 13 × 6 mm. Figures 2, 6 D – E, 15.

diagnosis

Diagnosis. – Impatiens versicolor belongs to the group with glabrous ovary. It differs from I. ludewigii in the white flowers, with occasionally single pink flowers appearing on the same plant, the dorsal petal divided to less than 1 / 3 of its length, the plants densely hairy on upper leaf surface, stems and pedicels, later glabrescent, the leaves at margin with 10 – 15 pairs of extrafloral nectaries, and the often suberect habit.

distribution

Distribution. – Rwanda, only known from Nyungwe National Park, only recorded in a valley south of Pindura towards Bweyeye.

etymology

Etymology. – Named after the occasional but regular colour change of single flowers from white to pink.

materials_examined

Holotype: Rwanda. Western Province, Nyungwe National Park, road 7 km south of Pindura towards Bweyeye, rocks and wet roadsides, 1800 – 1900 m, 8 Mar 2013, E. Fischer 13390 (BR barcode BR 0000014532108!; isotype: BONN!).

Name

Homonyms
Impatiens versicolor Eb. Fisch., Abrah., Holstein & S. B. Janssens 2021
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