Impatiens psittacina

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Balsaminaceae
genus = "Impatiens"
species = "I. psittacina"
binomial = "Impatiens psittacina"
binomial_authority = Hook.f.

A balsam, "Impatiens psittacina", or parrot flower, is a very rare impatiens species discovered and identified to science in 1901 by botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. The specimen grows only in a small region of north Thailand (near Chiang Mai), Burma, and one district of eastern India.

External links

* [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=374288-1 Botanical Authorship]