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Aquilegia skinneri

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Aquilegia skinneri
Flowers of Aquilegia skinneri in bloom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. skinneri
Binomial name
Aquilegia skinneri
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

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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

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

Uses

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Aquilegia skinneri Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Aquilegia skinneri | Mexican columbine". www.rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  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. JSTOR 25129831.
  4. ^ "Aquilegia mexicana Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  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. JSTOR 23491549.
  6. ^ "Aquilegia madrensis Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  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. JSTOR 23492230.
  8. ^ 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.