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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">PhytoKeys</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1314-2011</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/phytokeys.279.207696</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">207696</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Corrigenda</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="biological_taxon">
          <subject>Balsaminaceae</subject>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Species Inventories</subject>
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          <subject>Asia</subject>
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        <article-title>Corrigendum: Arya S, Salvy T, Manuel T, Rogimon TP (2026) Five new species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (<tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family" reg="Balsaminaceae">Balsaminaceae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>) from southern Western Ghats, Kerala. PhytoKeys 276: 275–295.
                    <ext-link xlink:href="10.3897/phytokeys.276.200226" ext-link-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.200226</ext-link></article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Arya</surname>
            <given-names>Sindhu</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2456</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Salvy</surname>
            <given-names>Thomas</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9054-4533</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Manuel</surname>
            <given-names>Thomas</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-5465</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Rogimon</surname>
            <given-names>Thomas Plammoottil</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">rogimon@cmscollege.ac.in</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-1679</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Department of Botany, St Berchmans College (Autonomous), Changanassery, Kerala - 686101, India</addr-line>
        <institution>Department of Botany, St Berchmans College (Autonomous)</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Changanassery</addr-line>
        <country>India</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Karimpanackel House, Neeloor P.O., Kottayam, Kerala - 686651, India</addr-line>
        <institution>Karimpanackel House, Neeloor P.O.</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Kottayam</addr-line>
        <country>India</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam, Kerala - 686001, India</addr-line>
        <institution>Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous)</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Kottayam</addr-line>
        <country>India</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Thomas Plammoottil Rogimon (<email xlink:type="simple">rogimon@cmscollege.ac.in</email>)</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: W. John Kress</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>279</volume>
      <fpage>273</fpage>
      <lpage>274</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/DA98E223-C2D1-52C3-B331-511DE3BB8E9D">DA98E223-C2D1-52C3-B331-511DE3BB8E9D</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>06</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
      </history>
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        <copyright-statement>Sindhu Arya, Thomas Salvy, Thomas Manuel, Thomas Plammoottil Rogimon</copyright-statement>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
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      <p>In our recent work (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Arya et al. 2026</xref>) several errors in the manuscript have been identified and brought to our attention. These errors do not affect the overall taxonomic conclusions, diagnosis, descriptions, nomenclatural or general findings of the study. Corrections to the manuscript are provided below.</p>
      <p>1. Correction of geographic coordinates.</p>
      <p>The holotype coordinates provided for <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="filcyii">filcyii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="ninanii">ninanii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> were reported incorrectly during manuscript preparation. As a result, identical coordinates appeared for the two species despite their occurrence in different localities.</p>
      <p>The correct holotype locality information is as follows:</p>
      <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="filcyii">filcyii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>: Mamalakkandam, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India – (<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates">10.0968, 76.8154</named-content>).</p>
      <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="ninanii">ninanii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>: Viripara, Mankulam, Idukki District, Kerala, India – (<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates">10.0781, 76.9615</named-content>).</p>
      <p>The distribution map was prepared using the correct field localities; therefore, the correction of coordinates does not alter the distribution of either species.</p>
      <p>2. Correction of pollen size for <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="herbicola">herbicola</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>.</p>
      <p>An inconsistency occurred in the reported pollen dimensions of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="herbicola">herbicola</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>. The value reported on page 288 was incorrect due to a typographical error. The correct pollen size is: 21 × 23 µm.</p>
      <p>3. In the comparative account of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="achudanandanii">achudanandanii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, certain characters were reported inaccurately. The correct information follows the original description published by (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Arya et al. 2021</xref>).</p>
      <p>The species should be treated as a glabrous herb and its pollen grains measure 10 × 16 µm as reported in the protologue.</p>
      <p>4. On page 279 under the description of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="filcyii">filcyii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> the inflorescence is given as “3–6 flowered racemes arising from the axis of alternate leaves.” Here the word alternate was an error and it is to be read as “3–6 flowered racemes arising from the axis of leaves.” Phyllotaxy is opposite as mentioned in the description.</p>
      <p>5. In the Introduction the updated number of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> from India was not provided, so it may be read as:</p>
      <p>“In India the genus <italic>Impatiens</italic> is represented by 345 taxa (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Prabhukumar et al. 2022</xref>).”</p>
      <p>6. On page 278 under the section habitat and distribution of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Impatiens">I.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="flavispicata">flavispicata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, it states that “each plant spreads over an area of 5–10 m<sup>2</sup>.” It is to be corrected and should read as “each population is spread over an area of 5–10 m<sup>2</sup>.”</p>
      <p>The authors regret these mistakes and apologize for any inconvenience caused to readers.</p>
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      <title>References</title>
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        <mixed-citation>Arya S, Govind MG, Suresh V, Vishnu WK, Kumar VNSA (2021) Three new species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (<tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Balsaminaceae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>) from southern Western Ghats, Kerala. PhytoKeys 180: 157–171. <ext-link xlink:href="10.3897/phytokeys.180.66748" ext-link-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.66748</ext-link></mixed-citation>
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        <mixed-citation>Arya S, Salvy T, Manuel T, Rogimon TP (2026) Five new species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus">Impatiens</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (<tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Balsaminaceae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>) from southern Western Ghats, Kerala. PhytoKeys 276: 275–295. <ext-link xlink:href="10.3897/phytokeys.276.200226" ext-link-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.200226</ext-link></mixed-citation>
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        <mixed-citation>Prabhukumar KM, Hareesh VS, Gogoi R, Sabu M (2022) Family <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Balsaminaceae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name> – An Indian Scenario. In: Seethalakshmi KK, Haridasan K, Nair MC, Rekha Vasudevan A (Eds) Conspectus on Realms of Biodiversity, 151–184.</mixed-citation>
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    <sec sec-type="Additional information" id="sec2">
      <title>Additional information</title>
      <sec sec-type="Conflict of interest" id="sec3">
        <title>Conflict of interest</title>
        <p>The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p>
      </sec>
      <sec sec-type="Ethical statement" id="sec4">
        <title>Ethical statement</title>
        <p>No ethical statement was reported.</p>
      </sec>
      <sec sec-type="Artificial Intelligence (AI) use" id="sec5">
        <title>Artificial Intelligence (AI) use</title>
        <p>The authors accept full responsibility for the content of the manuscript, including the disclosure of any use of AI.</p>
        <p>No AI tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Funding" id="sec6">
        <title>Funding</title>
        <p>No funding was reported.</p>
      </sec>
      <sec sec-type="Author contributions" id="sec7">
        <title>Author contributions</title>
        <p>All authors have contributed equally.</p>
      </sec>
      <sec sec-type="Author ORCIDs" id="sec8">
        <title>Author ORCIDs</title>
        <p>S. Arya <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2456" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2456</ext-link></p>
        <p>T. Salvy <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9054-4533" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9054-4533</ext-link></p>
        <p>T. Manuel <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-5465" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-5465</ext-link></p>
        <p>T.P. Rogimon <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-1679" ext-link-type="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-1679</ext-link></p>
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      <sec sec-type="Data availability" id="sec9">
        <title>Data availability</title>
        <p>All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text.</p>
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