Balsaminaceae
Impatiens

Impatiens niamniamensis Gilg

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 104 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to South Sudan and Angola. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Balsaminaceae: 1-76.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • G. M. Schulze in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 12: 733 (1935).
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 43: 104 (1909)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Balsaminaceae: 1-76.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 151 (1974).
  • De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 367 (1922).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 66 (1962).
  • G.M. Schulze in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 158 (1956).
  • G.M. Schulze in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 12: 733 (1935).
  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 104 (1909).
  • Grey-Wilson, Impat. Afr.: 206, figs. 151a, b, 152, pl. 47 (1980).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 161 (1954).
  • N. Hallé in Fl. Gabon 4: 18, t. 2 (1962).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 534 (1948).
  • Wilczek & Schulze in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 407, t. 42 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2009 Cheek, M. [11746], Cameroon K000023351 No
Dec 1, 2008 Cable, S. [1320], Cameroon K000381381 No
Dec 1, 2008 Etuge, M. [1196], Cameroon K000381376 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [6031], Cameroon K000027072 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [37], Cameroon K000027074 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2168], Cameroon K000027057 No
Jul 1, 2002 Ryan, P. [306], Cameroon K000027064 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [1212], Cameroon K000027071 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4334], Cameroon K000027077 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1286], Cameroon K000027067 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [3989], Cameroon K000027076 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2450], Cameroon K000027059 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [741], Cameroon K000027068 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2897], Cameroon K000027063 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3317], Cameroon K000027053 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3431], Cameroon K000027054 No
Jul 1, 2002 Zapfack, L. [908], Cameroon K000027058 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2664], Cameroon K000027056 No
Jul 1, 2002 Kenfack, D. [253], Cameroon K000027061 No
Jul 1, 2002 Zapfack, L. [700], Cameroon K000027062 No
Jul 1, 2002 Groves, M. [19], Cameroon K000027069 No
Jul 1, 2002 Wheatley, J.I. [391], Cameroon K000027073 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2075], Cameroon K000027055 No
Jul 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [336], Cameroon K000027065 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1415], Cameroon K000027066 No
Jul 1, 2002 Lane, P. [43], Cameroon K000027075 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2768], Cameroon K000027060 No
Jul 1, 2002 Lane, P. [440], Cameroon K000027070 No
Jan 1, 1996 Banks, H. [30], Cameroon K000380313 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5396b], Cameroon K000381371 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9116], Cameroon K000540145 No
Jan 1, 1993 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1073], Cameroon K000540148 No
Jan 1, 1993 Nkeng, P. [80], Cameroon K000540147 No
Jan 1, 1993 Mbani, J. M. [53], Cameroon K000540146 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [222], Cameroon K000540150 No
Jan 1, 1993 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1440], Cameroon K000540149 No
Osmaston, H.A. [1357], Uganda 11796.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [383], Uganda 11797.000 No
Congo 15328.000 No
15329.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [425], Uganda 21862.000 No
Uganda 31392.000 No
Melville, R. [666], Equatorial Guinea 34155.000 No
La Croix, I.F. [5013], Congo 59754.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [740], Uganda 8901.000 No
Hope Simpson, J.F. [379], Sudan 8902.000 No
Groupin, G. [2528], Congo, DRC 8903.000 No
Mann [574], Equatorial Guinea K000419418 Yes
Mann, G. [1674], Gabon K000419419 Yes
Mann [574], Equatorial Guinea K000419417 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3286] K000419420 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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