Compilation
Impatiens verdickii
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Name
Identification
Impatiens verdickii De Wild. [family BALSAMINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Impatiens gomphophylla Baker [family BALSAMINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
- Impatiens gomphophylla
- Impatiens verdickii
Flora
Entry for Impatiens gomphophylla Bak. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 162, (1963) Author: E. Launert
Names
Impatiens gomphophylla Bak. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1895: 64 (1895). — Warb. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 22: 47 (1895) in annot. — Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 43: 104 (1909). — De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Cong. Belg., Bot. Sér. 4, 2: 107 (1913); in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux., Sér. 37, 2: 83 (1913); in Contr. Fl. Katanga: 119 (1921). — Wilczek & Schulze, F.C.B. 9: 406 (1960). TAB. 26 fig. 1, 27–29. Type from Tanganyika.
Impatiens verdickii De Wild. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Cong. Belg., Bot. Sér. 4, 1: 84, t. 29 fig. 1–9 (1903); Contr. Fl. Katanga: 120 (1921). — -Th. & H. Dur., Syll. Fl. Cong.: 80 (1909). — Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 43: 105 (1909). Type from Katanga.
Impatiens homblei De Wild. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 5: 39 (1915); in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 40: 102 (1921); Contr. Fl. Katanga: 119 (1921). Type from Katanga.
Information
Annual (always?) herb, up to 1·2 m. high; stems simple or moderately branched, erect or semi-prostrate, succulent, glabrous or sometimes somewhat pubescent mainly on younger parts. Leaves spirally arranged, very rarely pseudopposite, petiolate; lamina 3–10 (14) × 1–2·5 (4) cm., lanceolate-elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or very rarely obovate-lanceolate, usually dark green on the upper surface, greyish-green on the lower one, glabrous above, shortly pilose or rarely glabrous beneath, apex acute, often acuminate, margin serrate-denticulate, base cuneate; secondary nerves 6–10 pairs, ± prominent beneath; petiole 0·5–3 (4) cm. long, rather slender, usually glabrous, with stipular glands at the very base. Flowers 2–6 in axillary fascicles, very rarely solitary, green-yellow tipped orange-red, scarlet shaded yellow, or orange; peduncle very short, not exceeding 4 mm.; bracts up to 4 mm. long, lanceolate-triangular, pilose or glabrous; pedicels 1·5–2·5 (4) cm. long, rather slender, glabrous or sometimes pubescent. Lateral sepals 4–7 × 1–2 (2·5) mm., ± asymmetrically lanceolate, triangular-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, usually glabrous; posterior sepal 7–9 mm. in diam. at the mouth, 1·5–2 (2·4) cm. deep, bucciniform, gradually tapering into the spur; spur up to 8 mm. long, sharply recurved (see t. 26 fig. 1), medium thick, ± cylindric, the end somewhat thickened, entire or very rarely inconspicuously bifid. Anterior petal 7–12 mm. long, helmet-shaped, dorsally distinctly and broadly cristate; lateral united petals (7) 8–10 (12) mm. long, distinctly 2-lobed; anterior lobe c. 4·5–2·5 mm., obliquely elliptic to obovate-oblong; posterior lobe c. 7 × 4 mm., obliquely and broadly ovate. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 1·5–2 cm. long, fusiform, usually glabrous. Seeds numerous, c. 2 mm. in diam., subglobose, glabrous, rugose (see t. 26 fig. 29).
Habitat
Growing in dambos, in dense vegetation on river banks or wet places on road-sides, often gregarious.
Distribution
Malawi S Blantyre Distr., fl. & fr. 27.i.1956, Jackson 1818 (K).Mozambique N Vila Cabral, fl. & fr. 1.vi.1934, Torre 165 (COI; LISC).Malawi N Vipya Plateau, fl. iii.1948, Benson 1468 (BM).Zambia N Kali Dambo, fl. 17.iii.1955, Richards 4997 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanganyika
Congo