identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D787F0FFDFFFF9D491B68FFB3EE422.text	03D787F0FFDFFFF9D491B68FFB3EE422.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Impatiens shamaii S. Singh 2025	<div><p>Impatiens shamaii S. Singh sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2 &amp; 3)</p><p>Type:— INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang, 27°39’31.40” N; 91°51’14.66” E, alt. 3988 m, 20 August 2024, Sumit Singh 1080 (Holotype: NEIST!, Isotype: NEIST!) .</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Impatiens shamaii sp. nov. is closely allied to I. albopetala but, differs in having 15-20 flowered inflorescence (vs. 5-10 flowered), longer funnel shaped spur sharply downward-curved with swollen apex (vs. tubular spur with no swollen apex), dorsal petal orbicular (vs. oblique oblong), dorsal petal with red dots (vs. no red dot), capsule smooth fusiform (vs. slightly ribbed linear).</p><p>Description</p><p>Plant herbaceous, annual, succulent, erect to suberect, 30–60 cm tall, simple or branched from base, glabrous throughout. Stem green to reddish-green, translucent when young, becoming slightly fleshy and brittle with age, 3–6 mm thick, internodes 2–4 cm long, often rooting at lower nodes. Leaves opposite at above and alternate towards down, crowded toward the upper stem; lamina ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 6–11 × 2–4 cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate to attenuate, margin serrulate with 30–40 sharp teeth per side; venation prominent, lateral veins 8–10 pairs, arcuate, lower surface slightly paler green with reddish nerves; petiole 0.4–2.5 cm long, pillate with green tip, slender, slightly channelled above. Stipules minute, plinear or setaceous, 1–2 mm long, deciduous. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, 15-20-flowered, peduncle 4–6 cm long; green. Flowers zygomorphic, showy, white with faint yellow tinge at throat, 2.8–3.5 cm across, resupinate; bract triangular, ca. 3 × 1.0 mm, membranous, apex acuminate, base truncate; pedicel slender, 2.5–3.5 cm long. Lateral sepals two, subulate, green, 2 × 0.9 mm, apex slightly swollen, membranous. Lower sepal funnel shaped, 12–14 mm deep; mouth oblique, spur creamish-green, 1.5–2.2 cm long, tip erect, straight or sometimes slightly downwards with swollen tip. Dorsal petal orbicular, 9–11 mm in diameter, white with faint greenish midrib, apex with a conspicuous mucro (0.5–0.8 mm), base shallowly clawed, with 2 lateral auricles; lateral united petals 2-paired, creamish-white with scattered red dot in the lower part, subulate, each 12–15 × 8–10 mm, upper and lower lobes subequal; upper lobes oblong, lower lobes obliquely ovate. Petal claw short, 1.5–2 mm, often recurved. Stamens 5, filaments short, anthers obtuse, cream-colored. Capsule linear, 4–5 × 0.1 cm long, shinning, smooth, green turning brownish-black on drying.</p><p>Flowering and Fruiting:—August–September</p><p>Etymology:—The specific epithet is coined after the author’s mother name for her amazing contribution in traditional knowledge and conservation of plants especially in the area of Kathua, Jammu, India.</p><p>Distribution:—The new taxon is so far known only from type locality i.e. Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India.</p><p>Habitat:—The new species is growing along moist shaded slopes of mountain at an altitude of 3800-4500 m a.s.l. and is often associated with Geranium sp., Impatiens sp., Anaphalis sp., Rosa sp., Polygonatum sp.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D787F0FFDFFFF9D491B68FFB3EE422	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Singh, Sumit	Singh, Sumit (2025): Impatiens shamaii sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae) - a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 728 (1): 83-89, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.728.1.9
