Impatiens maculata Wight (1837:12)

Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2016, Typification of thirty six names of thirty five recognized taxa in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), endemic to Western Ghats, Phytotaxa 268 (3), pp. 167-180 : 171

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scientific name	Impatiens maculata Wight (1837:12)
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14. Impatiens maculata Wight (1837:12) View in CoL .

Type citation:—“Hab. Shevagerry, on the banks of mountain streams; flowering in August.”

Type:— INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Shevagerry [Sivagiri] hills, August 1836, Wight 346 (lectotype K 000694951!, designated here).

Residual syntypes: — INDIA. Without precise locality, s.d., Wight 315 ( E00174029 !) ; Tamil Nadu: Shevagerry, s.d., Wight s.n. ( K000694950 ! and MH! Accession no. 7840) ; Tamil Nadu: Shevagerry hills, August 1836, Wight 315 ( P04543540 !) ; Peninsula Indiae Orientalis , s.d., Wight 346 ( P04543541 !) .

Distribution:— India, endemic (Kerala and Tamil Nadu).

Notes:—While describing Impatiens maculata, Wight (1837) mentioned only precise locality ‘Shevagerry’ but he did not provide the number of collection(s) and date. Pertaining to the specification given in the protologue, six specimens of this species collected by Wight were traced (E00174029, K000694950, K000694951, MH7840, P04543540 and P04543541). Of these, the best one K000694951, is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue and also in having drawing of floral parts on the sheet by J.D. Hooker.