Impatiens jerdoniae

Impatiens jerdoniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Ericales
Family:Balsaminaceae
Genus:Impatiens
Species: I. jerdoniae
Binomial name
Impatiens jerdoniae

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

  1. Wight, R. (1846). Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis. 4. p. 1602.
  2. 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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