Impatiens glandulifera Royle
(Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)

Interactions where Impatiens glandulifera is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera balsaminae a conidial powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera balsaminae/Podosphaera balsaminaea conidial powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Balsaminaceae/Impatiens glandulifera/Impatiens glanduliferaindian balsam, himalayan balsam parasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesImpatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
GenusImpatiens (balsams)
FamilyBALSAMINACEAE (balsams)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Booy, O., Wade, M. & White, V. Himalayan Balsam

Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
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