Scully’s Balsam Impatiens scullyi Hook.f. (Balsaminaceae): a new record for India from Himachal Pradesh

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Published: Jun 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4823.11.8.14065-14070
Keywords:
Angiosperm, balsam, flora, western Himalaya

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Ashutosh Sharma
College of Horticulture & Forestry, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh 177001, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-5911
Nidhan Singh
Inder Bhan Post Graduate College, G.T. Road, Panipat, Haryana 132103, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-1807
Wojciech Adamowski
Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Sportowa 19, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-7874

Abstract

Impatiens scullyi Hook.f. is reported here as a new record for India as well as for the western Himalaya from Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh.  To facilitate its identification, detailed description along with colour images are provided here.


 

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Vol. 11 No. 8 (2019)
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Author Biography

Nidhan Singh, Inder Bhan Post Graduate College, G.T. Road, Panipat, Haryana 132103, India.

Assistant Professor and Head

Department of Botany

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