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The genus Impatiens is greatly diversified inthe Sino-Himalayan region, where approximately200 species have been described. In China thereare about 230 species recorded (Chen et al.,2007). During our field surveys in the Sino-Hi-malayan region we collected numerous speci-mens that represent species new to science orprovide noteworthy new evidence on previouslydescribed taxa. The aim of this series of papers isto describe new species and to mention remark-able features and variation for poorly knownspecies towards a monograph of Impatiens in theSino-Himalayan region.
A new species similar to Impatiens cyathifloraHook. f. and allies was found during recent fieldresearch in Yunnan. The new species, herenamed Impatiens biluoxueshanensis, was collect-ed at Ziben Shan (in the southernmost part ofBiluo Xueshan), Yunnan, China.
In the Flora of China (Chen et al., 2007) Impa-tiens cyathiflora and the similar species, under189b in the key, are characterized by having race-mose inflorescences, medium-sized yellow flow-ers, dorsal petals without a crest-like appendage,
and funnel-shaped or bucciniform lower sepals.The new species shares these features and a stemwith dense yellowish brown glandular hairs dis-tally with the closest allies, I. cyathiflora, but dif-fers from them in having the basal lobes of thelateral united petals oblong-obovate with truncateapex. The terminology of the flower followsAkiyama et al. (1991).
Impatiens biluoxueshanensis, sp. nov.[Figs. 1–4]
Impatienti cyathiflorae Hook. f. similis, sedlobis basalibus petalorum unitorum lateraliumoblongi-ovatis, et foliis 5–7�2.5–3 (nec 10–13�
3.5–4.5) cm differt.Type: China. Yunnan. Yunlong Xian, Ziben
Shan (Biluo Xueshan), 25°46�N 99°05�E,2540 m (S. Wu, S. Akiyama, Y. Hu, X. Chengand F. Miyamoto 103588, 10 Sept. 1999,KUN–holo, TNS–iso, TI–iso).
Plants 60–70 cm tall; stem branched, basallyglabrous, distally densely yellowish brown glan-dular hairy. Leaves alternate, petiolate or sessiledistally; petiole to 3 cm long, with or without
Studies of Sino-Himalayan Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) I.A New Species Similar to Impatiens cyathiflora
Hook. f. and Allies from Yunnan, China
Shinobu Akiyama1 and Su-Kung Wu2
1 Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4–1–1, Tsukuba 305–0005, Japan
E-mail: akiyama@kahaku.go.jp2 Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China
Abstract A new species of Impatiens, I. biluoxueshanensis S. Akiyama et S. K. Wu (Balsami-naceae), is described from Sino-Himalaya region of China (Ziben Shan, Yunnan) and illustrated.Impatiens biluoxueshanensis falls within the I. cyathiflora group and differs from the other speciesof this group in having basal lobes of the lateral united petals oblong-obovate with truncate apex.A table of the comparison and a revised key to species of the all species of the I. cyathiflora groupare given.Key words : China, Himalaya, Impatiens, new species, Sino-Himalaya.
Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. B, 34(3), pp. 95–101, September 22, 2008
glands at base; leaf blade ovate, 5–7�2.5–3 cm,base attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, apexacuminate, both surfaces glabrous, upper surfacegreen, lower surface slightly glaucous. Inflores-cences in axils of distal leaves, racemose, as-cending, to 9 cm long, 6–12-flowered; peduncleto 6 cm long, glabrous; pedicels ca. 1.2 cm long,glabrous, with a bract at base; bracts persistent,ovate, ca. 3 mm long, apex glandular, long
acuminate.Flowers pale yellow, red striate and spotted, ca.
3 cm deep. Lateral sepals 2, broadly ovate, ca.3 mm long (excluding apex), apex glandular,long acuminate. Lower sepal pale yellow withreddish veins, bucciniform, ca. 1.5 cm deep,abruptly narrowed into an incurved long spur;spur ca. 1.4 cm long in overall length. Dorsalpetal pale yellow, with shaded red (on outside)
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Fig. 1. Impatiens biluoxueshanensis S. Akiyama et S. K. Wu in Ziben Shan (Biluo Xueshan) (on 10 September1999). Upper: Habit. Lower left: Flower (front view). Lower right: Flower (lateral view).
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Fig. 2. Isotype of Impatiens biluoxueshanensis S. Akiyama et S. K. Wu (S. Wu, S. Akiyama, Y. Hu, X. Chengand F. Miyamoto 103588, 10 Sept. 1999, TNS).
midvein, nearly orbicular, ca. 9�11 mm, some-what cucullate, apex obtuse, midvein slightlythickened and mucronate near apex. Lateral unit-ed petals pale yellow, with reddish veins andspots, ca. 2.6 cm long; basal lobe oblong-obo-vate, ca. 10�6 mm, apex truncate; distal lobenarrowly ovate, ca. 17�4.5 mm, apex obtuse; ap-pendage large, inflexed. Filaments linear, hooked
at apex; anthers ovoid, connective glabrous.Ovary linear. Flowers in September.
Distribution: China. Yunnan. Yunlong Xian,Ziben Shan (Biluo Xueshan) (known only thetype).
Chen et al. (2007) included seven speciesunder 189b in the key to the species of Impatiensin the Flora of China treatment. They include
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Fig. 3. Impatiens biluoxueshanensis S. Akiyama et S. K. Wu. a: Flower (lateral view). b: Dorsal petal (folded).c: Dorsal petal. d: lateral united petals. e: Lower sepal. f. Lateral sepal. g. Anthers. All�3.
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Impatiens urticifolia Wall., I. nyimana C. Marq.et A. Shaw, I. furcillata Hemsl., I. cyathifloraHook. f., I. scutisepala Hook. f., I. clavicuspisHook. f. ex W. W. Sm., and I. loulanensis Hook.f. (Table 1). However, one of them, I. furcillata,greatly differs from the others in having acuteapex of the basal lobes of the lateral unitedpetals, pale purple or yellow flowers, and rhom-
bic-ovate or rhombic-lanceolate leaf blades, andshould be excluded from the group of I. cyathi-flora and allies. It resembles I. textorii Miq. andis distributed in Hebei, northeastern China,Korea and Far East Russia. Impatiens urticifoliaand I. nyimana also differ from the remainingfour species in the fewer flowered (less six flow-ers) inflorescences. In the key to species, I. ur-ticifolia is distinguished from the other sixspecies by flowers with pale purplish spots, butits flowers are red striate and spotted (Akiyama etal., 1991), or red striate, as mentioned in the de-scription (Chen et al., 2007).
Except for those three species, four additionalspecies, I. cyathiflora, I. scutisepala, I. clavicus-pis, and I. loulanensis, are considered to com-prise a natural group, tentatively named here theI. cyathiflora group. The group is characterizedby the ascending many-flowered racemose inflo-rescences, i.e., type 1a in Akiyama and Ohba(2000), more or less bucciniform lower sepalswith incurved spur, i.e., type B(c) in Akiyamaand Ohba (2000), and two lateral sepals. Thespecies of the I. cyathiflora group are all distrib-uted in Yunnan (only I. loulanensis extends toGuizhou). Impatiens biluoxueshanensis evidentlyfalls within this group. Except for the diagnosticcharacters, all the species resemble each otherand seem to be differentiated within narrow geo-
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Fig. 4. Distribution of Impatiens biluoxueshanen-sis S. Akiyama et S. K. Wu (�) and I. cyathi-flora Hook. f. (�).
Table 2. A revised key for the lead 189b in the Flora of China
189b. Dorsal petal without cristate midvein1. Shape of leaf blade rhombic-ovate or rhombic-lanceolate; apex of basal lobe of lateral united petals acute� � � � � � �
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. furcillata1. Shape of leaf blade not rhombic-ovate, nor rhombic-lanceolate; apex of basal lobe of lateral united petals obtuse
or truncate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 22. Inflorescences (1 or) 2–5-flowered � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 33. Plants glabrous in distal part; apex of dorsal petal not curved cuspidate� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. urticifolia3. Plants densely or sparsely yellowish brown long hairy in distal part; apex of dorsal petal curved cuspidate � � � � � �
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. nyimana2. Inflorescences (5 or) 6–13(–16)-flowered � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 4 [the I. cyathiflora group]4. Flowers 3–3.5 cm deep; plants with dense yellowish brown glandular hairs in distal part � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 55. Basal lobe of lateral united petals oblong-orbicular, apex obtuse � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. cyathiflora5. Basal lobe of lateral united petals oblong-obovate, apex truncate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. biluoxueshanensis, sp. nov.4. Flowers 2–2.5 cm deep; plants blabrous or with sparse glandular hairs in distal part� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 66. Bracts caducous, apex scarcely mucronate or cuspidate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. scutisepala6. Bracts persistent, glandular aristate or acuminate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 77. Lower sepal bucciniform*; petiole with 2 blobose glands � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. clavicuspis7. Lower sepal funnelform; petiole without basal glands � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � I. loulanensis
* In Flora of China (Chen et al., 2007) “saccate” is used for bucciniform here.
graphic ranges. A revised key for the lead 189bin the Flora of China, which includes Impatiensbiluoxueshanensis, is provided (Table 2).
Impatiens biluoxueshanensis was found spo-radically along rather exposed path-side clearingson the trail to Ziben Shan, at elevations of2540 m (Fig. 1). We did not find it in otherplaces. The type locality of I. cyathiflora is Yun-nan Sen (now, Kunming) and has been recordedfrom Kunming, Songming (NE of Kunming) andDali (Chen, 2001). Ziben Shan, the type localityof I. biluoxueshanensis, is located approximately350 km west of Kunming and 100 km west ofDali (Fig. 4).
Acknowledgement
We are indebted to Dr. Hideaki Ohba, Profes-sor Emeritus, University of Tokyo for promotingthe field surveys and for his valuable comments.We are grateful to Dr. David E. Boufford, theHarvard University Herbaria, for reading the
manuscript.The field survey was supported by a Grant-in-
Aid for Scientific Research (A) from the JapanSociety for the Promotion of Science, No.11691178 in 1999 (to Hideaki Ohba).
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