Impatiens procumbens

Huang, Rong-Xin, Yuan, Tao-Hua, Chen, Yi, Li, Mei-Jun & Bai, Xin-Xiang, 2023, Five new synonyms for Impatiens procumbens (Balsaminaceae) in China, PhytoKeys 222, pp. 179-191 : 179

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scientific name	Impatiens procumbens
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Treatment

Impatiens procumbens View in CoL Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 447. 1886.

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Impatiens rhombifolia = Impatiens rhombifolia Y. Q. Lu & Y. L. Chen syn. nov. Type:-CHINA. Sichuan: Mt. Omei, 18 September 1987, Yingqing Lu 87186 (holotype: PE [ PE 00039616]).

Impatiens reptans = Impatiens reptans Hook. f., syn. nov. Type:-CHINA. Guizhou: Guiyang, 11 September 1898, E. M. Bodinier 2463 (lectotype, designated here: P [ P 00780766]; isolectotype: E [ E 00313595]).

Impatiens crassiloba = Impatiens crassiloba Hook. f., syn. nov. Type:-CHINA. Guizhou: Ganpin, without date, E. M. Bodinier 1782 (holotype: P [ P 00780642]).

Impatiens ganpiuana = Impatiens ganpiuana Hook. f., syn. nov. Type:-CHINA. Guizhou: Ganpin, 09 August 1897, E. M. Bodinier & L. Martin 2463 (holotype: E [ E 00313669]).

Impatiens atherosepala = Impatiens atherosepala Hook. f., syn. nov. Type:-CHINA. Guizhou: Pinfa, 01 October 1902, J. P. Cavalerie & J. Pierre 570 (holotype: E [ E 00313654]).

Type.

China. Yunnan: Dali City, 6 November 1885, M. I’Abbé Delavy 1949 (lectotype, designated here: P [ P04543626 ] ; isolectotype: P [ P04543629 , P04543628 , P04543627 ]) .

Revised description.

Annual herbs, glabrous, 30-65 cm tall. Stem long prostrate basally, lower nodes with adventitious roots, green. Leaves alternate, lamina 4-7 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, lanceolate to ovate or ovate-elliptic, apex acuminate, margin crenate-serrate or spinescent-serrate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, blade dark green adaxially, pale green abaxially, herbaceous, lateral veins 6-9 pairs. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, 18- 3 mm long, 1-3-flowered, bracteate base or above middle; bract 1, small, persistent, ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, herbaceous, green. Flower yellow, 2-3 cm deep, 1.5-2.5 cm wide. Lateral sepals 2, obliquely ovate, 4-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, abaxial mid-vein slightly thickened, green, herbaceous, 3-veined. Lower sepal cymbiform, 2-3.5 cm deep (including spur), mouth vertical, apex slightly acute, narrowed into a long spur, 1.5-2 cm long. Dorsal sepal orbicular, ca. 1 cm in diam., base cordate, apex retuse, abaxial midvein fine, narrowly carinate. Lateral united petals 2-lobed, not clawed, basal lobes small, orbicular, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide, with red spots; distal lobes dolabriform, ca. 12 mm long, ca. 6 mm wide, with dorsal inflexed auricle and notch in subapical portion on dorsal side. Filaments short, anther acute. Ovary erect, 5-carpellate. Capsule linear, 1.5-3 cm long, seeds 3-6, ca. 3 mm long.

Distribution and habitat.

Yunnan; Sichuan; Guizhou; Guangxi. The species grows on damp ground near hills and streams in the understorey at an elevation of 800-1500 m.

Phenology.

Flowering and fruiting occur from July to November.

Additional specimens.

China. Guizhou: Guiyang City, Yuanxin Xiong 86009 ( PE) ; Zhenfeng County, Tsiang 4512 ( PE) ; Wangmo County, Gongfan Wang 1-0142 ( PE) ; Cengheng County, Fengcai Wang ( PE) ; Renhuai City, Lijiao Lou MT571 ( ZY) ; Zhijin Country, Fang Cheng 522425150910005LY ( GZTM) . Guangxi: Nandan County, Shengxiang Yu 3709 ( PE) . Hunan: Daike Tian et al., LS-2677 ( CSH) . Yunnan: Dali City, Qiwu Wang 63390 ( PE) ; Luquan County, Yongjie Guo 10CS1920 ( KUN) ; Yangbi County, Renchang Qin 25280 ( KUN, PE) ; Weixin County, Spice Plant Investigation Team 870552 & 870553 ( KUN) ; Songming County, Y.P.Chang 0130 ( PE) . Sichuan: Chengdu City, C.Y.Wang 7469 & 7446 ( PE) ; Wenpei Fang 13140 & 13701 ( KUN) ; Emeishan City, Jihua Xiong et al., 33487 & 33574 ( IBK, PE) ; Shengxiang Yu 3274 ( PE) ; Hsiung et al., 33574 ( IBSC) ; Xiaojie Li LiXJ175 ( KUN) ; Zhongwu Yao 3361 ( PE) ; Caiqi Li 3998 ( PE) ; Sichuan Plants , Western Academy of Sciences 891 ( PE) ; Gensheng Zhou 81205 ( PE) ; Zhengyi Wu 6439 ( KUN) ; T.N.Liou & C.Wang 797 ( PE) ; Cehong Li 96-39 ( PE) ; Chenglie Zhou 7267 ( PE) ; Mabian Country, Dejun Yu 4176 & 4175 ( PE) ; Deyuan Hong et al., s.n. ( PE) ; Dujiangyan City, Wenpei Fang 6046 ( PE) .