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The genus Impatiens is in the family Balsaminaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Impatiens

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Impatiens abbatis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens alpicola Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens amabilis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens amplexicaulis Edgew.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens angulata S.X. Yu, Y.L. Chen & H.N. Qin	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens anhuiensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens apalophylla Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens apsotis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens aquatilis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens arctosepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens arguta Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens armeniaca S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens assurgens Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens atherosepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens atrosanguinea (Nakai) B.U. Oh & W.S. Hong	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens aureliana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens aurella Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens austroyunnanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bachii H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bahanensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens balansae Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens balfourii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens balsamina L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens bannaensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens barbata H.F. Comber	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens baronii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bathiei Eb. Fisch. & Raheliv.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens begoniifolia S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bellula Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens bicornuta Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens blepharosepala E. Pritz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens blinii H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bodinieri Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens brachycentra Kar. & Kir.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens bracteata Colebr.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens brevipes Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens briartii De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens burtonii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens capensis Meerb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens ceratophora H.F. Comber	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chekiangensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chimiliensis H.F. Comber	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chinensis L.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chishuiensis Y.X. Xiong	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chiulungensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chlorosepala Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chloroxantha Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens chungtienensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens clavicuspis Hook. f. ex W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens clavigera Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens clavigeroides S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens commelinoides Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens comorensis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens compta Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens conaensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens conchibracteata Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens corchorifolia Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cornucopia Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens crassicaudex Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens crassiloba Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens crenulata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cristata Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cyanantha Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cyathiflora Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cyclosepala Hook. f. ex W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens cymbifera Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens daguanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens davidii Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens delabathiana Eb. Fisch. & Raheliv.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens delavayi Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dendricola C.E.C.Fisch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens deqinensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens desmantha Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens devolii T.C. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens diaphana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dicentra Franch. ex Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dichroa Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dimorphophylla Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens distracta Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens divaricata Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dolichoceras Pritz. ex Diels	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens dorstenioides (Baker) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens drepanophora Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens duclouxii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens elisettae Eb. Fisch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens epilobioides Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens ernstii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens exiguiflora Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens extensifolia Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens faberi Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens falcifer Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fanjingshanica Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fargesii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fenghwaiana Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens filicornu Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens firmula Baker	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fissicornis Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens forrestii Hook. f. ex W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fragicolor C. Marquand & Airy Shaw	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens fugongensis K.M. Liu & Y.Y. Cong	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens furcillata Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens ganpiuana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens gasterocheila Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens gesneroidea Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens glandulifera Royle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens gongshanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens gossweileri G.M.Schulze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens gracilipes Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens guizhouensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hainanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hancockii C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hengduanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens henryi E. Pritz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hians Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hochstetteri Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens holocentra Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hongkongensis Grey-Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens huangyanensis X.F. Jin & B.Y. Ding	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens hunanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens imbecilla Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens inaperta (H. Perrier) H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens infirma Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens irvingii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens jinggangensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens jiulongshanica Y.L. Xu & Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens kamtilongensis Toppin	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens keilii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens labordei Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lacinulifera Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lancisepala S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens laojunshanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lasiophyton Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens latebracteata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lateristachys Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens latipetala S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens laxiflora Edgew.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lecomtei Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lemeei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lemuriana Eb. Fisch. & Raheliv.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lepida Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens leptocaulon Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens leveillei Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lilacina Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens linearisepala S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lingzhiensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens linocentra Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens longialata E. Pritz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens longicalcarata (G.M. Schulze & Wilczek) Grey-Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens longicornuta Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens longipes Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens longirostris S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens loulanensis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens luchunensis S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lucorum Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lushiensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens lyallii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens macrovexilla Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens maguanensis S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens malipoensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens mandrarensis Eb. Fisch. & Raheliv.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens margaritifera Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens martinii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens medogensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens membranifolia Franch. ex Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens mendoncae G.M.Schulze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens mengtszeana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens mexicana Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens meyana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens microcentra Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens microstachys Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens mildbraedii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens minimisepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens minor (DC.) S.M. Almeida	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens monticola Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens morsei Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens muliensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens multiramea S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens mussotii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens musyana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens napoensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens nasuta Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens neglecta Y.L. Xu & Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens niamniamensis Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens nobilis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens noli-tangere L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens notolopha Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens nubigena W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens nyimana C. Marquand & Airy Shaw	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens obesa Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens odontopetala Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens odontophylla Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens oligoneura Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens omeiana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens oniveensis Eb. Fisch. & Raheliv.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens oxyanthera Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens palpebrata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens paradoxa C.S. Zhu & H.W. Yang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens parviflora DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens phlyctidoceras Bullock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens pianmaensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pinetorum Hook. f. ex W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pinfanensis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens piufanensis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens platyceras Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens platychlaena Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens platysepala Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens poculifer Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens polyceras Hook. f. ex W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens polyneura K.M. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens porphyrea Toppin	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens potaninii Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pradhanii H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens principis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pritzelii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens procumbens Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pseudokingii Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pterosepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens puberula DC.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens pudica Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens purpurea Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens purpureoviolacea Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens quisqualis Launert	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens racemosa DC.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens radiata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rectangula Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rectirostrata Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens recurvicornis Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens reptans Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rhombifolia Y.Q. Lu & Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens robusta Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rostellata Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rubrostriata Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens ruiliensis S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens rutenbergii O. Hoffm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sacculata Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens salwinensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens scabrida DC.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens scutisepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens serrata Benth. ex Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens shirensis Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens siculifer Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sigmoidea Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens soulieana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens spathulata Y.X. Xiong	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens stenantha Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens stenosepala E. Pritz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens stocksii Hook.f. & Thomson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens stuhlmannii Warb	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens subecalcarata (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens suichangensis Y.L. Xu & Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens suijiangensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sulcata Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sunii S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sutchuenensis Franch. ex Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens sylvicola Burtt Davy & Greenway	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens taishunensis Y.L. Chen & Y.L. Xu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens taronensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tayemonii Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tenerrima Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tenuibracteata Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens textori Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens thiochroa Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens thomsonii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tienchuanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tienmushanica Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tomentella Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tongbiguanensis S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tortisepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens torulosa Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens toxophora Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens trichopoda Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens trichosepala Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens trigonosepala Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tsangshanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tuberculata Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tuberosa H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens tubulosa Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens turrialbana Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens tweedieae E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens uliginosa Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens undulata Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens uniflora Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens urticifolia Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens vittata Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens waldheimiana Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens walleriana Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens warburgiana G.M.Schulze & R.Wilczek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Impatiens weihsiensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens wenshanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens wilsonii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens wuchengyihii S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens wuyuanensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens xanthina H.F. Comber	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens xanthocephala W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens yaoshanensis K.M. Liu & Y.Y. Cong	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens yingjiangensis S. Akiyama & H. Ohba	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens yongshanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens yui S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens yunnanensis Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens zixishanensis S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Impatiens zombensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,269 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Impatiens. Of these 303 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 41 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Impatiens. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,269 species names for the genus Impatiens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	303	23.9%
◕	Synonym	84	6.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	882	69.5%

All names

The status of the 1,310 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Impatiens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	314	24.0%
◕	Synonym	103	7.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	893	68.2%

Of these names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 1,269 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Impatiens, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	302	84	0	0	386	30.4%
	Low confidence	1	0	0	882	883	69.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Impatiens, are as follows: