taxonID	type	description	language	source
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	description	Figs 1, 4	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	materials_examined	Type. CAMEROON - Adamawa Region • Chabal Mbabo; 7 ° 13 ' 54 " N, 12 ° 5 ' 57 " E; 8 May 2009; Dessein S. & Taedoumg H. 2950; holotype: BR [BR 0000024941891]; isotype: L [L. 4446681], YA, WAG.	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Impatiens smetsiana belongs to the Equatorial West African Impatiens lineage. It differs from I. kamerunensis, I. filicornu, and I. nzabiana in having an elliptic leaf shape, no leaf fimbriae, an oblong-shallowly cucullate dorsal petal shape, and an asymmetric obovate lower lateral petal shape.	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	description	Description. Erect perennial herb up to 60 cm tall. Stems simple or branched, glabrous. Leaves spirally arranged; petiole 2 - 6.3 cm long; leaf blades 7.5 - 11 x 3.7 - 5.5 cm, + / - elliptic, attenuate at the base, + / - acuminate at the apex, glabrous; lateral veins 5 - 7 at each side of the midrib; leaf margins crenate without short filiform fimbriae at the base. Flowers in 6 to many flowered subumbellate racemes; pedicels 15 - 21 mm long, slender, glabrous; bracts green with red tips; ovate, 5 - 6 x 4 - 5 mm. Lateral sepals 2, green, 3.8 - 4.5 mm, ovate, glabrous. Lower sepal pink, 8 - 9 x 7 - 7.5 mm, narrowly and obliquely navicular, abruptly constricted into a 23 - 35 mm long curved filiform white spur. Dorsal petal pink, 10.5 x 9.5 mm, shallowly cuculate, with a shallow narrow dorsal crest. Lateral united petals bright pink with a small white spot at the base of the upper lateral petal of each lateral united pair and a deep pink spot at the base of the lower lateral petal of each pair, 19 - 21 mm long, with the upper petal of each pair equal in appearance compared to the lower one. Upper petal 12 - 13 x 8 - 9 mm, oval-kidney shaped; lower petal of each pair 15.5 - 16.5 x 12.5 - 13 mm, asymmetrically obovate, distally produced into 4.0 - 4.5 x 2.5 - 4.1 mm ligulate appendage. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, connate to a ring. Ovary 5 - locular, glabrous. Fruits fusiform. Seeds unknown.	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Impatiens smetsiana is endemic to Cameroon. Only known from Tchabal Mbabo (type location; Fig. 5).	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet Impatiens smetsiana refers to the Belgian botanist, Erik F. Smets.	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
39D7A7C75FC8508383F20621C19B5D89.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined. CAMEROON - Adamawa Region • Chabal Mbabo; 7 ° 14 ' 14 " N, 12 ° 5 ' 24 " E; 9 May 2009; Dessein S. & Taedoumg H. 2971; BR [BR 0000034048368].	en	Janssens, Steven B., Taedoumg, Hermann, Dessein, Steven (2022): Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155 (2): 248-260, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.89701
