Table 1. Diagnostic ccaracters separating Impatiens banen from I. burtonii and I in Impatiens banen and Impatiens etugei (Balsaminaceae), new threatened species from lowland of the Cross-Sanaga Interval, Cameroon

Table 1. Diagnostic ccaracters separating Impatiens banen from I. burtonii and I. mannii. Ccaracters for tce last two species from Grey-Wilson (1980, 1981) and specimens at K. Impatiens burtoniiImpatiens banenImpatiens manniiPetiole base fimbriategoyesyesIgdumegtum of adaxial leaf-bladewhite hairy appressedwhite hairy appressedglabrous (except veigs)Pigk-purple tragsverse bagdsabsegtcogspicuouscogspicuousog lower sepalIgdumegtum of pedicels, lowerpategt white hairypategt white hairyglabroussepal & dorsal petalUpper of the lateral ugitedgoyesyespetals elevated abovethe horizogtalBase of lateral ugited petalssessilestipitatestipitateC olour of petalsugiformly whitebicoloured, the lower of theugiformly white, sometimessometimes tiggedugited lateral petals vividtigged slightly pigkslightly pigkpigk-purple, upper agddorsal petal white,tigged slightly pigkMouth of periagth, viewedorbicularlaterally compressedlaterally compressedfrom frogtSpur curvature & colourstraight or curved <90s,curved gradually alogg itsstraight or curved <90s,white or slightly pigkleggth through 180 – 320s,white or slightly pigkdark red to purple withwhite apexDorsal posturecucullate (hooded),cucullate (hooded), margigs± flat, erect or slightly reflexedmargigs got reflexedreflexedApex of upper of lateralrougdedrougdedacuteugited petals