Impatiens hawkeri
| Impatiens hawkeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Balsaminaceae |
| Genus: | Impatiens |
| Species: | I. hawkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Impatiens hawkeri W. Bull | |
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Impatiens hawkeri (New Guinea impatiens) is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[1] It has been bred and hybridized in cultivation to produce a line of garden plants.
It was first collected in the Territory of Papua in 1884 and soon became popular as a greenhouse plant. After its discovery, fifteen other similar New Guinea taxa were collected, all of which were later determined to be forms of I. hawkeri.[2]
Plants with a great variety of flower and leaf colors are sold in nurseries.[3] The species has been crossed with Impatiens aurantiaca and I. platypetala to improve characteristics such as drought-resistance.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Impatiens hawkeri. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ↑ Morgan, Raymond F. (2007). Impatiens: the vibrant world of Busy Lizzies, Balsams, and Touch-me-nots. Portland, Or: Timber Press. pp. 53–54. ISBN 0-88192-852-6.
- ↑ Starr, F. and K. Starr. Impatiens hawkeri (New Guinea impatiens). Plants of Hawaii. Starr Environmental.
- ↑ Stephens, L. C. (1998). Formation of unreduced pollen by an Impatiens hawkeri × platypetala interspecific hybrid. Hereditas 128(3) 251-55.
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