The Mexican Balsam, Impatiens mexicana Rydb: A Redescription Based on Morphological and Phylogenetic Studies, with an Update of the Current Geographical Range of the Species

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 87
• Main Authors: Monzalvo, René, Escorcia-Guerrero, Diana Lizbeth, García-Montes, Mario Adolfo, Rewicz, Agnieszka, Rewicz, Tomasz, Manríquez-Morán, Norma L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Cloud forests; Congeners; Expeditions; Genetic analysis; Genetic distance; Geographical distribution; Impatiens mexicana; land-use change; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Polyethylene glycol; redescription; Species; Mexico; Himalaya Mountains; North America; China; Africa; India

Impatiens mexicana is a native balsam restricted to the cloud forests of central and southwest Mexico, which is currently known to exist in four states (Zacatecas, Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca), and is probably threatened by geographic restriction. Morphological and distributional information about...