Impatiens johnii E. Barnes, 1939:102
John's jewelweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1931; 1931-1937 (Nayar & Sastry, 1990:55)
Rediscovered in 1998
Distribution
Idukki District, Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barnes, E. (1939). The species Geraniaceae occurring on the Travancore High Range including the description of a new Balsam. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 18(3): 95-105.
Other references:
Biju, S. D. and Kumar, V. Manoj. (2000). Rediscovery of Impatiens johnii Barnes (Balsaminaceae), a Balsam endemic from Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 22(2): 174-176.
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 [686].
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. 55-57]
Prasad, G., Rajan, P., Antony, V. T. and Shaji, P. K. (2018). Distribution pattern and population characteristics of Impatiens johnii E. Barnes, a stenotopic endemic and endangered Balsam in the mountain landscape of Munnar, Kerala, India. Current Science 115(10): 1960-1962.
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.