Biology:Aquilegia alpina

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Short description: Alpine European species of columbine

Aquilegia alpina
2014 07 Selva di Progno (VR) Italy - Giazza - Val Fraselle - Aquilegia alpina - Ctg Baldo Lessinia org photo Paolo Villa FOTO6804.JPG
Flower
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. alpina
Binomial name
Aquilegia alpina
Synonyms[2]
  • Aquilegia alpina f. gracilis Chenevard & Braun-Blanq.
  • Aquilegia alpina var. minor Rouy & Foucaud
  • Aquilegia montana Sternb.
  • Aquilegia reuteriana Rchb. ex Nyman
  • Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. alpina (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Aquilegia vulgaris var. typica Brühl

Aquilegia alpina, the alpine columbine or breath of God, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Alps,[2][3] where it is typically found growing on carbonate bedrock.[4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 522 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Aquilegia alpina L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:708794-1. 
  3. "Aquilegia alpina alpine columbine". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/1397/i-Aquilegia-alpina-i/Details. Retrieved 1 January 2021. "Other common names; breath of God" 
  4. Caironi, Valeria; Crosa Lenz, Beatrice; Bollati, Iren Maria (2020). "A multidisciplinary approach for physical landscape analysis: Scientific value and risk of degradation of outstanding landforms in the glacial plateau of the Loana Valley (Central-Western Italian Alps)". Italian Journal of Geosciences 139 (2): 233–251. doi:10.3301/IJG.2020.01. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1417767 entry