Biology:Pulsatilla zimmermannii

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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae

Pulsatilla zimmermannii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Pulsatilla
Species:
P. zimmermannii
Binomial name
Pulsatilla zimmermannii
Synonyms

Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. hungarica[2]

Pulsatilla zimmermannii, also called Zimmermann's pasqueflower,[3] is a species of flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae.

Description

P. zimmermannii is a herbaceous perennial which grows up to 30 cm with feathery leaves. It has dark purple flowers with yellow stamens and purple stigmas which bloom from March to April and last between 5 and 11 days.[3][4][5]

Habitat

P. zimmermannii is a calciphile and mostly grows on sunny mountain slopes and hillsides. It has also been found to grow on dry pastures with non-calcareous soils.[6]

Distribution

The native range of P. zimmermannii is limited to Slovakia and Hungary,[7] but it is mostly found in northern and central Hungary.[8] In the past, it was also found in the southern lowlands of the Slanské Hills.[4]

References

  1. "European Red List of Vascular Plants". Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 2011. p. 113. https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/rl_4_016.pdf. 
  2. "Pulsatilla zimmermannii Soó". https://www.gbif.org/species/3928522. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Pulsatilla zimmermannii". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/115472/Pulsatilla-zimmermannii/Details. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "PULSATILLA ZIMMERMANNII Soó – koniklec jižní / poniklec Zimmermannov" (in Czech). 3 February 2010. https://botany.cz/cs/pulsatilla-zimmermannii/. 
  5. Monika Strzałkowska-Abramek; Jacek Jachuła; Marta Dmitruk; Elżbieta Pogroszewska (October 2016). "Flowering phenology and pollen production of three early spring Pulsatilla species". Acta Sci. Pol. Hortorum Cultus 15 (6): 336. ISSN 1644-0692. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314094229. Retrieved 17 December 2020. 
  6. Monika Strzałkowska-Abramek; Jacek Jachuła; Marta Dmitruk; Elżbieta Pogroszewska (October 2016). "Flowering phenology and pollen production of three early spring Pulsatilla species". Acta Sci. Pol. Hortorum Cultus 15 (6): 335. ISSN 1644-0692. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314094229. Retrieved 17 December 2020. 
  7. "Pulsatilla zimmermannii Soó". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712085-1. 
  8. Lenka Mártonfiová (2004). "Karyotype studies in Pulsatilla zimmermannii". Biologia (Bratislava) 59 (1): 61–64. ISSN 0006-3088. http://biologia.savba.sk/59_1_04/Martonfiova_L.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2020. 

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