taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E11153FFA3FF8F16E724D31833C876.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — The new species is morphologically similar to Impatiens davidii, but can be distinguished with the latter by its lateral sepals suborbicular, 1 – 1.5 cm in diameter, midrib ridged dorsally, lateral veins reticulate and sunk on the abaxial surface with bullate projections among veins; dorsal petal broadly ovate, 1 – 1.5 × 1.5 – 2 cm, dorsally with a green narrow arcuate cristate crest.	en	Peng, Shuai, Cong, Yi-Yan, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Cai-Fei, Hu, Guang-Wan, Wang, Qing- Feng (2021): Impatiens bullatisepala (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 500 (3): 217-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5
03E11153FFA3FF8F16E724D31833C876.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Guizhou province, Jiangkou County, Fanjing Mountain, under evergreen broad-leaved forest, 27 ° 53 ′ 44.21 ″ N, 108 ° 43 ′ 16.4 ″ E, elevation 1027 m, 15 September 2018, Shuai Peng PS- 0052 (holotype: HIB!; Isotype: HIB!, HNNU!) Herbs annual, to 100 cm tall. Stem erect or procumbent in lower part, succulent, branched, glabrous, lower nodes swollen with many fibrous roots. Leaves alternate, petiolate; petiole 0.5 – 2 cm long; lamina elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 6 – 10 × 3 – 4.5 cm, margin coarsely crenate, teeth mucronulate, base obtuse to cuneate, with 3 – 4 pairs of glands, apex caudate-acuminate; glabrous; lateral veins 5 – 7 pairs. Inflorescences in upper leaf axils, 1 - flowered; peduncle 1.8 – 2.8 cm long. Pedicel with 2 bracts above middle; bracts alternate, glabrous, upper one ovate, ca. 6 × ca. 4 mm, lower one subulate, ca. 2 – 3 mm long. Flower yellow, 4 – 5.5 cm long. Lateral sepals 2, sub-orbicular, 1 – 1.5 cm in diameter, apex mucronulate, margin entire, yellowish-green, glabrous, midrib ridged dorsally, lateral veins reticulate and sunk on abaxial surface with bullate projections among veins,; lower sepal deeply saccate, 2 – 2.5 cm deep, yellow with 6 – 7 orange red striations, glabrous; apex gradually narrowed into an abruptly incurved spur, spur 2 - lobed, 1 – 1.3 cm long; mouth 1.5 – 1.9 cm wide, oblique with ca. 0.8 cm long narrowly triangular tip. Dorsal petal broadly ovate, 1 – 1.5 × 1.5 – 2 cm, apex emarginate and mucronulate, dorsally with a green narrow arcuate cristate crest at midvein; lateral united petals 2 - lobed, 2.4 – 3.2 cm long, basal lobe ovate to elliptic, 5 – 7 × 3 – 5 mm, small, upper part with purple-red patches, apex abruptly narrowed into a purple-red filiform appendage, appendage up to 1 cm long; distal lobe dolabriform, 1.8 – 2.3 × 0.9 – 1.4 cm, yellow with red spots at base, inner margin curled with small auricle, apex with a short yellow filiform appendage. Stamens up to 4 mm long, filaments linear, slightly swollen above; anthers ovoid-orbicular, apex obtuse. Ovary erect, fusiform. Capsule linear, 2.8 – 3.5 cm long. Seed unknown.	en	Peng, Shuai, Cong, Yi-Yan, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Cai-Fei, Hu, Guang-Wan, Wang, Qing- Feng (2021): Impatiens bullatisepala (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 500 (3): 217-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5
03E11153FFA3FF8F16E724D31833C876.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Impatiens bullatisepala is currently known only from the type locality in Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou Province, China. It grows under the moist evergreen broad-leaved forests along the side of a creek.	en	Peng, Shuai, Cong, Yi-Yan, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Cai-Fei, Hu, Guang-Wan, Wang, Qing- Feng (2021): Impatiens bullatisepala (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 500 (3): 217-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5
03E11153FFA3FF8F16E724D31833C876.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet “ bullatisepala ” refers to the lateral sepals with bullate projections netted in sunk reticulate veins on abaxial surface. The Chinese name is “ 泡 ḛâ 仙 " ”. Phenology: — The new species was observed flowering from September to October, fruiting from October to November. Phylogenetic position: — Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of the combined ITS and atpB-rbcL datasets proved its position within the Impatiens sect. Impatiens and closely related to I. davidii in the phylogenetic tree (Figure 3). V oucher specimens of Impatiens davidii: — China. Hunan: Yongshun County, Xiaoxi National Natural Reserve, 28 ° 48 ′ N, 110 ° 11 ′ E, elevation 650 m, 15 August 2018, S. Peng PS- 0051 (HIB); Jiangxi: Jiujiang City, Lushan Mountain, Guling Township, 29 ° 34 ′ N, 115 ° 58 ′ E, elevation 1050 m, 11 October 2018, G. W. Hu & S. Peng HGW- 001138, G. W. Hu & S. Peng HGW- 001140, G. W. Hu & S. Peng HGW- 001142 (HIB).	en	Peng, Shuai, Cong, Yi-Yan, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Cai-Fei, Hu, Guang-Wan, Wang, Qing- Feng (2021): Impatiens bullatisepala (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 500 (3): 217-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.5
