Balsaminaceae
Impatiens

Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 253 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to N. & E. Tanzania. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Introduced into:

Canary Is., Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Honduras, Juan Fernández Is., Madeira, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Balsaminaceae: 1-76.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 151 (1974).
  • Engl. in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.: 55 (1894)
  • Engl. in P.O. A. C: 253 (1895).
  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 102 (1909).
  • Grey-Wilson in Impat. Afr.: 90, fig. 31, pls. 11, 12, 14, 15 (1980).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1976 Grey-Wilson, C. [10855] Kenya K000238984 No
Jan 1, 1974 Wood, D. [694] Kenya K000238981 No
Jan 1, 1974 Gillett, J.B. [19361] Kenya K000238980 No
Jan 1, 1974 Whitehead, M.J. [10] Kenya K000238991 No
Jan 1, 1973 Mabberley, D.J. [1325] Tanzania K000239153 No
Aug 25, 1972 Newbould, J.G.B. [3587] Kenya K000238976 No
Aug 24, 1972 Tweedie [3921] Kenya K000238978 No
Oct 14, 1971 Pocs; Kondela; Nchimbi [6298] Tanzania K000239152 No
Kenya K000419460 Type Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2084] Kenya K000238977 No
Gardner, H.M. [2908] Kenya K000238970 No
Waudby, F. Kenya K:SPC-38599.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4294] Kenya K000238973 No
Greenway [4423] Tanzania K000239151 No
K000419459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hemp, A. [4762] Tanzania K001765403 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Beentje, H.J.; Nyakundi, D.O.; Mutangah, J.G.; Ndiang' ui, N.J. [36] Kenya K000238971 No
Friis, I.; Hansen, O.J. [2670] Kenya K000238974 No
Luke, A.; Luke, T. [11137] Kenya K000238995 No
Fayad, C. [106] Kenya K000238994 No
Faden, R.B.; Beentje, H.J.; Nyakundi, D.O.; Mutangah, J.G.; Ndiang' ui, N.J. [289] Kenya K000238972 No
Tanzania K:SPC-31824.000 No
Leakey, C.L. [8586] Kenya K000238986 No
Congdon, T.C.E. [422] Tanzania K000239149 No
Lindsay, R.S. [192] Kenya K000238982 No
K000419458 Type Yes
K000419457 Type Yes
K000419456 Type Yes
K000419455 Type Yes
Gilbert; Mungai, G.M.; Kanuri, K. [5441] Kenya K000238992 No
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [3027] Tanzania K000239150 No
Gilbert, M.G. [6362] Kenya K000238990 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1640] Kenya K000238993 No
Gillett, J.B. [13898] Kenya Impatiens oliveri K000238988 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13898] Kenya Impatiens oliveri K:SPC-11939.000 No
Dale, I.R. [2422] Kenya Impatiens oliveri K000238987 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya Impatiens oliveri K000238975 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0