A family of four genera and about 600 species, cosmopolitan chiefly in the tropics and subtropics; one genus has become naturalised in Australia.

Impatiens - A genus of about 600 species mainly in tropical regions of Africa and Asia; one species has become naturalised in Australia. Hastings (1992).

Hastings, S.M. (1992). Balsaminiaceae. In Harden, G.J. (Ed.) 'Flora of New South Wales.' Vol. 3, (New South Wales University Press: Kensington.), p. 2.