1. Impatiens liboensis sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae) from Guizhou, China.
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Kuang, Ren‐Ping, Duan, Lin‐Dong, Gu, Jian‐Zhong, Cai, Xiu‐Zhen, Cong, Yi‐Yan, and Liu, Ke‐Ming
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IMPATIENS ,PLANT morphology ,COLLECTION & preservation of plant specimens ,PLANT phenology ,PALYNOLOGY - Abstract
Impatiens liboensis K. M. Liu. R. P. Kuang,. new species collected from Xiaoqikong Scenic Area in southern Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated, including its seed and pollen micro-morphology. Impatiens liboensis is similar to I. chishuiensis Y. X. Xiong and I. tubulosa Hemsl., but differs by having obviously irregular underground tubers, white or pink-white flowers, lower sepal with. 1.2-1.5 cm long spur, obovate dorsal petal, and obovate-oblong or obliquely obovate lower lobes of the lateral petals with retuse apex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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