The evolution of annual or perennial strategies in flowering plants likely depends on a broad
array of temperature and precipitation variables. Previous documented climate life‐history …

Background Impatiens L. is a genus of complex taxonomy that belongs to the family
Balsaminaceae (Ericales) and contains approximately 1000 species. The genus is well …

Impatiens is one of the most species-rich genera of angiosperms, with more than 1,000
species distributed in Eurasia and Africa. Previous studies have shown that seeds of …

A revision of the Balsaminaceae of Myanmar is presented based on herbarium collections
and a field trip in 2015. Sixty-five species, unevenly distributed across one monotypic …

The folk medicinal plant Knema angustifolia (Roxb.) Warb. of Myristicaceae is reported with
the essential oil (0.02±0.001-0.04±0.01%) in leaves and twigs respectively, for the first time …

Impatiens L., the largest genus in the family Balsaminaceae with approximately 1,000
species, is a controversial genus. Due to the conflict of morphological features and …

Impatiens rapiformis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Malipo County, Yunnan, China,
is described and illustrated. The new species is superficially similar to I. apalophylla, I …

Impatiens saulierea and I. josephia, two new species, are described from the Western Ghats,
India. The former is collected from Kakkayam, Kozhikode and the latter from Idukki, Kerala. A …

Abstract Background and Aims Floral diversity as a result of plant–pollinator interactions can
evolve by two distinct processes: shifts between pollination systems or divergent use of the …

Floral variation among closely related species is thought to often reflect differences in
pollination systems. Flowers of the large genus Impatiens are characterized by extensive …