Impatiens cordata Wight (1837: 10)

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 : 168

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.268.3.1
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scientific name	Impatiens cordata Wight (1837: 10)
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3. Impatiens cordata Wight (1837: 10) View in CoL .

Type citation:—“Hab. Shevagerry, top of hills; frequent.”

Type:— INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Shevagerry [Sivagiri] hills, August 1836, Wight 338 (lectotype K 000694962!, designated here).

Residual syntypes: — INDIA. Without precise locality, s.d., Wight 307 ( E00174030 !) ; Without precise locality, s.d., Wight s.n. ( K000694961 !) .

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

Notes:—In the protologue of Impatiens cordata, Wight (1837) mentioned only precise locality, but did not provide the collection number and date. Three herbarium specimens collected by Wight were traced, one at E (E00174030) and two at K (K000694961 and K000694962). The one best preserved, K000694962, is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue.