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Specimen #391519

Taxonomy

Family : Balsaminaceae
Species : Impatiens niamniamensis
Subspecies : -
Variety : -
Forma : -
Current name : Impatiens niamniamensis Gilg Help icon.
The botanical name under which the specimen is filed in the herbarium.
Accept name : -
Local name : -

Collecting data

Collection number : 5456
Collector : Gereau R.E., Esulanji, Arubeni
Collection date : 08/03/1994
Collection comment : -
Locality : Zone de Mambasa; along trail to Aketu Hill from abandoned coffee plantation at Nzaro (ca. 90 km N of Mambasa on road to Isiro)

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Locality

Place num : 5639
Locality : Zone de Mambasa; along trail to Aketu Hill from abandoned coffee plantation at Nzaro (ca. 90 km N of Mambasa on road to Isiro)
Geosource :L
UTM : -
Altitude : 920 M
Latitude : 2.07
Longitude : 28.82
Country : CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Phytoregion : VI (Forestier Central) Help icon.
The phytoregions are the ones used by Paul Bamps in its book "Flore d'Afrique Centrale : Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi. Répertoire des lieux de récolte" published by The National Botanic Garden of Belgium in June 1982.

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Specimen information

Description : Bushy herb to 0.5 m high in sandy stream bed. Perianth red-purple in saccate portion, greenish cream on claw, light green on lobes and throat; staminal column red-orange.
Uses : -
Habitat : im mixed semideciduous forest and small river valleys
Barcode : BR0000006763268

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