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Impatiens

Angiospermae - Ericales - Balsaminaceae

Taxonomy
Impatiens was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Balsaminaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Impatiens Linnaeus
1976Impatiens Lakhanpal et al.
1991Impatiens Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyBalsaminaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1824
genusImpatiens

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Impatiens Linnaeus 1753
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Impatiens modesta Wight 1837
Impatiens tomentosa Wight and Arnott 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) I. sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) I. sp. (224613 224614 224715 224751)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) I. sp. (228760 228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) I. sp. (228813 228815 228817)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) I. modesta, I. tomentosa (228792) I. sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) I. sp. (228778)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) I. sp. (228759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) I. sp. (228820)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) I. sp. (228762 228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) I. sp. (228788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) I. sp. (228780)