Biology:Aquilegia skinneri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Aquilegia skinneri
Aquilegia skinneri.jpg
Flowers of Aquilegia skinneri in bloom
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. skinneri
Binomial name
Aquilegia skinneri
Hook.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aquilegia canadensis subsp. skinneri (Hook.) Brühl
  • Aquilegia madrensis Rose
  • Aquilegia mexicana Hook.
  • Aquilegia schinneri Poit.

Aquilegia skinneri, commonly known as the Mexican columbine or Skinner's columbine,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family.[1]

Taxonomy

Botanical drawing of A. skinneri published with Hooker's description in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1842

Aquilegia skinneri was first described in 1842 by William Jackson Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine,[1] based on plants grown from seeds reported to have been collected in Guatemala by George Ure Skinner.[3] The same year Hooker described another species, Aquilega mexicana, although this is now considered to be the same species as Aquilegia skinneri.[4] In 1909, Joseph Nelson Rose described a new species, Aquilegia madrensis, based on samples collected in the Sierra Madre in Mexico, which were described as having similar morphology to Aquilegia skinneri.[5] Aquilegia madrensis is now considered the same species as Aqulegia skinneri.[6] Rose in part considered the samples he collected to belong to a different species because Hooker had reported that Aquilegia skinneri was a Guatemala species. However, it suggested that the labels were mixed up in England , and that Skinner's samples were actually collected in Chihuahua in northern Mexico rather than Guatemala.[7]

Both the specific epithet "skinneri", and the common name "Skinner's columbine", are named after Skinner.[8]

Distribution

Aquilegia skinneri is native to Mexico and Guatemala.[1]

Uses

Aquilegia skinneri is cultivated as a garden ornamental.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Template:Cite powo
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Aquilegia skinneri | Mexican columbine" (in en-gb). Royal Horticultural Society. http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/76171/aquilegia-skinneri/details. 
  3. Watson, Sereno (1885). "Contributions to American Botany". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21: 414–468. doi:10.2307/25129831. ISSN 0199-9818. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25129831. 
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  5. Rose, J. N. (1909). "STUDIES OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS—NO. 6.". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12 (7): I–IX. ISSN 0097-1618. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23491549. 
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  7. PAYSON, EDWIN BLAKE (1918). "The North American Species of Aquilegia". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 20 (4): I–IX. ISSN 0097-1618. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23492230. 
  8. Hooker, William Jackson (1842). "Aquilegia skinneri. Mr. Skinner's Columbine.". Curtis's Botanical Magazine 68: t. 3919. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14346. Retrieved 2022-10-07. 

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