Impatiens modesta Wight (1837:13)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.268.3.1
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scientific name	Impatiens modesta Wight (1837:13)
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15. Impatiens modesta Wight (1837:13) View in CoL .

Type citation:—“Hab. Shevagerry on the highest part of the hills, in wet moss on the trunks of trees and large stones; flowering in August.”

Type:— INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Shevagerry [Sivagiri] hills, August 1836, Wight 309 (lectotype K 000694891!, designated here).

Residual syntypes: — INDIA. Without precise locality, s.d., Wight s.n. ( K000694890 !) ; Peninsula Indiae Orientalis , s.d., Wight 309 ( M0211752 !) ; Without precise locality, s.d., Wight 309 ( NY6761 !) .

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

Notes:— Wight (1837) described Impatiens modesta on the basis of specimens collected from Shevagerry hills. Four specimens of this species collected by Wight were traced, two at K (K000694890 and K000694891) and one each at M (M0211752) and NY (NY6761). The best one, K000694891, is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue and also in having dissected flower parts pasted on the sheet by J.D. Hooker.