BALSAMINACEAE IN

Smets, E. F. & Janssens, S. B., 2018, Balsaminaceae of Myanmar, Blumea 63 (3), pp. 199-267 : 207

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.03.01
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC0024-FFD6-FFB4-FFAF-FBBDB9B703E8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	BALSAMINACEAE IN
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KEY TO GENERA OF BALSAMINACEAE IN View in CoL MYANMAR

1. Petals free; fruit a fleshy, indehiscent pseudoberry-like drupe............................... I. Hydrocera View in CoL

1. Lateral petals united in pairs; fruit a fleshy explosive dehiscent capsule......................... II. Impatiens View in CoL

I. Hydrocera Blume ex Wight & Arn. View in CoL

Hydrocera Blume ex Wight & Arn.(1834) View in CoL 140;Hook.f. (1911a) 628;Y.L. Chen et al. (2007) 113, nom. cons. against Tytonia G. Don (1831) View in CoL ( Raju et al. 2002). — Hydrocera Blume (1825) View in CoL 241, nom. nud. — Type: Impatiens natans Willd. View in CoL ( Wight & Arnott 1834, Raju et al. 2002).

Tytonia G. Don (1831) View in CoL 749, syn. in Wight & Arnott (1834) 140. — Type: Tytonia natans G.Don. View in CoL

Semi-aquatic herb. Stem erect or decumbent in the lower part, 5-angled. Leaves spirally arranged, sessile, with 2 basal glands, margin serrate. Inflorescence axillary, 1–5-flowered. Flowers zygomorphic, resupinate. Sepals 5. Lateral sepals 4: lower pair oblong or elliptic-oblong: inner pair elliptic-oblanceolate. Lower sepal navicular, spurred. Petals 5, all free. Dorsal petal subcucullate, obovate. Upper lateral petals 2 narrowly oblong. Lower lateral petals 2. Stamens 5, connate. Ovary 5 locules. Fruits indehiscent pseudoberry-like drupe, globose. Seeds 5 (1 per locule).

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Ericales
Family	Balsaminaceae