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Balsaminaceae

plant family

Also known as: balsam family

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In Ericales: Balsaminaceae
Balsaminaceae, the touch-me-not family, includes two genera and about 1,000 species of fleshy herbs. Hydrocera, with one species, is Indo-Malesian, while Impatiens (touch-me-not genus), with all the other species, grows throughout the family range, which is mostly Old World—mainly Africa (especially Madagascar) to the…
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