Accession Data
Impatiens repens
Common Name: Ceylon Balsam
Family: Balsaminaceae
Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Description: This attractive creeping Impatiens species occurs "on steep rock surfaces, both exposed and in semishade, on thin layers of leaf litter and humus" 3. Although described and collected during the mid 1800's the last recorded herbarium specimen was from 1857, prompting some to suggest that the species was extinct in the wild. It was rediscovered in 1995 in three localities during the National Conservation Review of natural forests in Sri Lanka.
Note: Although the species has not been formally assessed by the IUCN, it has been suggested3 that its status be ranked as 'endangered', thus we have flagged it as such in our database although this does not reflect a current IUCN Redlist status at this time.
Accession Data
Accession #: 201600037
Accession Date: 2016-03-14 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1202
Quantity: 3
Source: James Mickley
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Balsaminaceae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.
- Impatiens repens at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.
- Jayasuriya, A.H.M., National Conservation Review: The Discovery of Extinct Plants in Sri Lanka, Ambio Vol. 24, No. 5 (Aug., 1995), pp. 313-316. Last accessed on Monday, October 30, 2017.
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