IMPATIENS (BALSAMINACEAE) DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION STATUS IN MOUNT SINGGALANG, WEST SUMATRA

Abstract

Four species of Impatiens were collected from Mt. Singgalang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, namely I. singgalangensis Grey-Wilson, I. buennemeijeri Grey-Wilson, I. delectans Rild., and I. diepenhorstii Miq., of which the last three were collected in this mountain for the first time. I. buennemeijeri where previously reported to be endemic to Mt. Malintang, Likewise, I. delectans and I. diepenhorstii were reported as Mt. Kerinci endemics but are successfully collected here in the forests of Mt. Singgalang. Here descriptions, illustrations, and preliminary conservation status of those species are provided.