Correction to Scientific reports: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87254-7, published online 04 February 2025

The Funding section in the original version of this Article was omitted. It now reads:

“Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects: Taxonomic studies of wild Impatiens L. in Guizhou Province (Qiankehe Foundation-ZK [2023] General 102); The special fund for innovation capacity construction of Guizhou research institution (Qiankehefuqi [2024.013]); Guizhou University Talent Introduction Research Project: Systematic Evolution and Genetic Diversity of Wild Impatiens in Guizhou ((2022-36)); Guizhou University Cultivation Project: Molecular Mechanism of Phylogenetic Development of Wild Impatiens in Karst Regions ([2023]25); National Natural Science Foundation of China: Leaf photophobic drooping is a unique mechanism to avoid photooxidation against sunflecks in karst-dwelling Impatiens hainanensis (No.32201282); National Natural Science Foundation of Hainan: Physiological and ecological mechanisms adapt to different water conditions in karst-dwelling of Impatiens hainanensis (No. 322QN249).”

The original Article has been corrected.