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Impatiens affinis

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Name

Identification
Impatiens affinis Warb. [family BALSAMINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Impatiens mannii Hook.f. [family BALSAMINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Impatiens mannii
  • Impatiens affinis

Flora

Entry for Impatiens mannii Hook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Impatiens mannii Hook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE], —F.T.A. 1: 300; Gilg l.c. 107.
Impatiens affinis Warb. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in EnglBotJahrb22: 52 (1895); Gilg l.c111; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 142
Information
Straggling herb 2–3 ft. high; petals white with pink tinge, spur yellow-green at tip, purplish above with more or less distinct transverse bars on the lip.
Distribution
Br. Cam. Cam. Mt., 2,500–6,000 ft.F. Po 2,000–4,000 ft. (Apr., Dec.) Mann 585! s.n.! Moka (Jan.) Exell 774! Musola (Mar.) Guinea 1356!
Notes
[Gilg suggested that I. affinis is a hybrid between I. burtoni and I. mannii, but it appears to me to be only a pubescent form of mannii; the indumentum character is not correlated with the barring of the spur and lip as suggested by Hutch. & Dalz.—R.W.J.K.]

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