Impatiens devendrae Pusalkar (Balsaminaceae): an addition to the flora of Jammu & Kashmir, India
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9277.16.10.26035-26039Keywords:
Balsams, Batote Forest Range, flora, new record, Nathatop, Ramban DistrictAbstract
Impatiens devendrae Pusalkar is reported here as a new distribution record for the flora of Jammu & Kashmir from the Nathatop area in the forest range Batote of Ramban District. The identifying characteristics of the species include the presence of yellow streaks on the triangular lateral united petals, pinkish-white flowers, oblong-bucciniform lower sepals, abruptly constricted into hooked spurs. Previously, the species was reported from Uttarakhand.
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