| Aquilegia skinneri | |
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| Flowers of Aquilegia skinneri in bloom | |
Scientific 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 skinneri, commonly known as the Mexican columbine or Skinner's columbine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. [1]
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]
Aquilegia skinneri is native to Mexico and Guatemala. [1]
Aquilegia skinneri is cultivated as a garden ornamental. [2]
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