Thanks, Wojciech ji. On 04-Jan-2018 10:04 PM, "Wojciech Adamowski" <kruszczyk1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think this could be I. sunkoshiensis, described in the cited publication. > I hope Dr. Akiyama will confirm my determination. > I contacted sender of these pictures separately. > Best regards Wojciech > > > 4:58 sobota, 2017-12-30, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > > > Welcome to efloraofindia, Elizabeth ji. > Wonderful posting with great details. > To me looks a little different from images at Impatiens scullyi > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/balsaminaceae/impatiens/impatiens-scullyi> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Elizabeth Byers* <appalachian.ecol...@gmail.com> > Date: 30 December 2017 at 01:31 > Subject: [efloraofindia:285096] Impatiens scullyi? – request for > confirmation > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > > Submitted and photographed by Elizabeth Byers. > *Date/time*: August 9, 2017; 8:30am. > *Location*: Dole, Khumbu, Nepal. 3920m elevation; lat 27.8582, long > 86.7337 > *Habitat*: Wild: partly shaded moist rock crevices under *Abies balsamea > - Betula utilis - Rhododendon wallichii* forest > *Plant habit*: herb > *Height*: 10-40 cm > *Leaves*: Alternate, aggregated at top of stem. Petioles 3-16 mm long. > Blade 4-10 cm long, ovate-acuminate, glabrous above and below, margin > crenate with glands/teeth in the sinuses. > Inflorescence: Racemose, axillary, with 5-10 flowers per raceme. Peduncles > glabrous, 5-10 cm long. Pedicels glabrous, 1-2 cm long with a bract at the > base. > *Flowers*: Flower length ca. 23 mm, depth ca. 18 mm. Lower sepal narrow > tubular, spur a 1-2 mm constriction at end of tube. Dorsal petal white, > cucullate, appears to have a slight crest. Lower lobe of lateral united > petal purple with two sub-lobes (lower sub-lobe is very small), upper lobe > white with yellow in the throat. > *Fruits*: Capsule linear, slightly upcurved. > *Other information*: Problems with fit to *Impatiens scullyi*: Flower > length is proportionally long compared to flower depth, i.e. spur is > shorter than expected. Dorsal petal appears to have a slight crest. > Lower lobe of the lateral united petals does not have two obvious rounded > sub-lobes, but rather the lower sub-lobe is small and sometimes > inconspicuous. Flower length is longer than described range (1.2-2 cm), > while leaf dimensions and plant height are mostly smaller. Maybe the > higher altitude could result in smaller foliage? I’m not sure whether > the lower lobe of the lateral united petal has an appendage elongating into > the tubular lower sepal – I unfortunately did not dissect a flower in the > field and I’m not sure if this is visible in the photos. > *Reference for Impatiens scullyi:* Akiyama, S., H. Ohba and M. > Wakabayashi. 1991. Taxonomic notes of the east Himalayan species of > Impatiens studies of Himalayan Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), in Ohba, H. and > S.B. Malla (eds.) 1991. The Himalayan Plants, Volume 2. 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