Impatiens anaimudica C.E.C.Fisch. (1935:92)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Impatiens konalarensis Chandrab., V.Chandras. & N.C.Nair in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81: 676 (1984 publ. 1985)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1933 (Fischer, 1935; Barnes, 1939; Nayar & Sastry, 1990:54)
Rediscovered in 1999 (Biju, 2001)
Distribution
Idikki district, Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fischer, C. E. C. (1935). New or little known plants from South India V. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 92-93.
Other references:
Barnes, E. (1939). The species of Geraniaceae occurring on the Travancore High Range, including the description of a new Balsam. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 18: 105.
Bhaskar, V. (2012). Taxonomic monograph on Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) of Western Ghats, South India. The key genus for endemism: 1-283. Centre for Plant Taxonomic Studies, Bangalore.
Biju, S. D. (2001). Relocation of Impatiens anaimudica C.E.C. Fisch. (Balsaminaceae) and the taxonomic status of I. konalarensis Chandrab. et al. Rheedea 11: 109-113.
Ganeshaiah, K. N. (2005). Recovery of endangered and threatened species: Developing a national priority list of plants and insects. Current Science 89(4): 599-600.
Henry, A. N., Vivekananthan, K. and Nair, N. C. (1978). Rare and Threatened Flowering Plants of South India. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75: 684-697 [685].
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (eds.). (1990, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 3. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 271 pp., 8 pls. [p. 54]
Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.