Impatiens manniiHook.f. [family BALSAMINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
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Flora
Entry for IMPATIENS Mannii Hook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 289, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).(Impatiens, by Dr. J. D. Hooker.)
Names
IMPATIENS ManniiHook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 7.
Information
Herbaceous, 1–2 ft., slender, glabrous. Stem often rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves distant, alternate, 1 1/2–3 in., ovate or oblong-ovate, crenate, narrowed into slender petioles of 1–2 in. Flowers rather small, light red, solitary or in pairs; pedicel very slender, 1/2–1 in. Sepals minute. Standard small, orbicular. Wings broadly and obliquely semiorbicular, each 1/3– 3/4 in. broad, with slender claws and short recurved spur-like auricles at the base of the blade. Lip funnel-shaped, with a slender spur. Capsule pendulous, linear.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea 2000–4000 ft. (April and Dec.);Upper Guinea Camaroons mountain, 2000–3000 ft. (Dec.), Mann!
