| Aquilegia skinneri | |
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| Flowers of Aquilegia skinneri in bloom | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. skinneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Aquilegia skinneri | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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
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
- ^ a b c d "Aquilegia skinneri Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Aquilegia skinneri | Mexican columbine". www.rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 25129831.
- ^ "Aquilegia mexicana Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 23491549.
- ^ "Aquilegia madrensis Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ PAYSON, EDWIN BLAKE (1918). "The North American Species of Aquilegia". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 20 (4): I–IX. ISSN 0097-1618. JSTOR 23492230.
- ^ Hooker, William Jackson (1842). "Aquilegia skinneri. Mr. Skinner's Columbine". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 68. t. 3919. Retrieved 2022-10-07 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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