Abstract One neotype, three second-step lectotypes and fourty are designated for four names in Indian Impatiens to fix the identity avoid misapplication of names. Thirty nine synonymized, after a detailed ecological study live plants field examination herbarium specimens including types. Six new combinations with change their status proposed six taxa.

Parnassia yunnanensis had been previously described based on mixed specimens containing materials partially belonging to Parnassia cacuminum, which makes the application of Parnassia yunnanensis ambiguous. Therefore, we lectotypified Parnassia yunnanensis and meanwhile synonymized Parnassia lanceolata var. oblongipetala under it. Parnassia yunnanensis var. longistipitata was found more similar ...