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June 2025

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species

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

This species name was first published in Afb. Zeldz. Gew. : 8 (1775)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000730324.

Literature

Afb. Zeldz. Gew. 1: t. 10. 1775 [10 Nov 1775]
Baker, J. G. (1883). Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar.-Part I. Polypetalae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany, 20(126), 87–158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1883.tb00195.x

Synonyms of Impatiens capensis Meerb.

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Balsamina fulva	(Nutt.) Ser.	Fl. Jard. 3: 453 (1849)		wfo-0000558874
Chrysaea biflora	(Walter) Nieuwl. & Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 473 (1916)		wfo-0000603728
Impatiens biflora	Walter	Fl. Carol. [Walter] 219 (1788)		wfo-0000730284
Impatiens fulva	Nutt.	Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 146 (1818)		wfo-0000730489
Impatiens maculata	Muhl.	Cat. 26.		wfo-0000730702
Impatiens nortonii	Rydb.	N. Amer. Fl. 25(2): 95 (1910)		wfo-0000730793
Impatiens biflora f. platymeris	Weath.	Rhodora 21: 99 (1919)		wfo-0001041357
Impatiens capensis f. capensis	–	–	—	wfo-0001141848
Impatiens capensis f. albiflora	(E.L.Rand & Redfield) Fernald & B.G.Schub.	Rhodora 50: 205 (1948)		wfo-0001141881
Impatiens capensis f. peasei	(A.H.Moore ex Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.	Rhodora 50: 205 (1948)		wfo-0001141882
Impatiens capensis f. citrina	(Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.	Rhodora 50: 205 (1948)		wfo-0001141883
Impatiens capensis f. immaculata	(Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.	Rhodora 50: 205 (1948)		wfo-0001141884
Impatiens capensis f. platymeris	(Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.	Rhodora 50: 205 (1948)		wfo-0001141892
Impatiens biflora f. citrina	Weath.	Rhodora 19: 115 (1917)		wfo-0001245895
Impatiens fulva f. albiflora	E.L.Rand & Redfield	Fl. Mt. Desert Isl. : 88 (1894)		wfo-0001245896
Impatiens biflora f. albiflora	(E.L.Rand & Redfield) Weath.	Rhodora 19: 115 (1917)		wfo-0001245897
Impatiens biflora f. peasei	A.H.Moore ex Weath.	Rhodora 19: 116 (1917)		wfo-0001245898
Impatiens biflora f. immaculata	Weath.	Rhodora 19: 117 (1917)		wfo-0001245899
Impatiens biflora f. biflora	Fosberg	Castanea 12: 60 (1947)		wfo-0001323854
Impatiens noli-tangere subsp. biflora	(Walter) Hultén	Ark. Bot. (n.s.) 7(1): 84 (1968)		wfo-0001358935