Impatiens jerdoniae
| Impatiens jerdoniae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Balsaminaceae |
| Genus: | Impatiens |
| Species: | I. jerdoniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Impatiens jerdoniae Wight | |
Impatiens jerdoniae is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is native to the Western Ghats of India. It was described[1] and named by Robert Wight and commemorates Flora Jerdon, wife of Thomas C. Jerdon. It grows on rocks and as an epiphyte on trees.[2]
References
- ↑ Wight, R. (1846). Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis. 4. p. 1602.
- ↑ Gamble, J.S. (1935). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Part I. Ranunculaceae to Opiliaceae. London: West, Newman & Co. p. 139.
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