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Taxon: Impatiens glandulifera Royle

Genus: Impatiens
Family: Balsaminaceae.
Nomen number: 19826
Place of publication: Ill. bot. Himal. Mts. 1(5):151. 1835; 2(2): t. 28, fig. 2. 1834
Name verified on: 27-Feb-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-May-2009
Species priority site is: Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CT*, OR*, WA*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • Himalayan balsam   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Indian balsam   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • ornamental jewelweed   (Source: PLANTS ) – English
  • policeman's-helmet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • balsamie de l'himmalaya   (Source: F New Brunswick ) – French

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]

      Naturalized:
  • AUSTRALASIA
    New Zealand: New Zealand
  • EUROPE
    Europe
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    United States
  • ALSO
    Asia

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Hinds, H. R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick, ed. 2. (F New Brunswick)
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= I. roylei Walp.].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries. (NPB State Noxweed)
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
  • Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. 1984. Flowers of the Himalaya. (Flow Himal)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource). (PLANTS)
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Impatiens glandulifera Royle:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19826 (09 September 2010)

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