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Impatiens balsamina in life
In life — Garden balsam, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Yuwaraj Gurjar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yuwaraj Gurjar
BISH 618624Botany

Impatiens balsamina

Garden balsam

As recorded: Impatiens balsamina L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Balsaminaceae

Collected by
St.John, H.
Collector number
19211
Date
August 18, 1938
Locality
Itutui District; Losa. 12° 30'E 177° 05'E
Island
Rotuma
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation
5 m
Identified by
St.John, H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
32 Bishop specimens of Impatiens balsamina · collected 1918–2021Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 18, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Impatiens balsamina. BISH 618624. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956457431. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/618624.

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