- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77162213-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 298(3): 270
- Date of Publication
- 14 Mar 2017
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Balsaminaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Fischer 22
- Locality
- Antsiranana, Parc National Marojejy, small stream near Cascade d´Humbert
- Collection Date
- 18 Oct 2014
- Type Herbaria
- holotype TAN
isotype P
isotype B
isotype MO
isotype BONN - Latitude
- 14° 25' 59" S
- Longitude
- 49° 46' 23" E
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.298.3.7 from the Greek γαλαξίας (galaxias = the milky one), referring to the “milky look” of the yellowish white, semi-transparent flowers