Aquilegia nigricans

Bulgarian columbine
Flowers of Aquilegia nigricans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. nigricans
Binomial name
Aquilegia nigricans
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Aquilegia atrata var. macrantha Schur
    • Aquilegia vulgaris var. nigricans (Baumg.) Schur
    • Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. nigricans (Baumg.) Domin
    • Aquilegia longisepala Zimmeter
    • Aquilegia vulgaris var. glandulosopilosa Schur
    • Aquilegia vulgaris var. longisepala (Zimmeter) Brühl
    • Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. longisepala (Zimmeter) Domin
    • Aquilegia vulgaris var. parviflora Schur
    • Aquilegia vulgaris var. sooi Kováts ex Soó

Aquilegia nigricans, the Bulgarian columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to central and southeastern Europe.[1][2]

Description

Aquilegia nigricans has nodding, dark brownish-purple flowers, dark purple stems covered with downy hair, and biternate basal leaves.[3]

Taxonomy

Etymology

The specific epithet nigricans means "blackish" or "swarthy" in Latin, referring to the colour of the flowers.

Distribution and habitat

Aquilegia nigricans is native to several non-contiguous, mainly mountainous areas in the eastern Alps, the Carpathian Mountains, and the southern and eastern Balkans. It is found in Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Greece,[1] and in small areas of southeastern Poland,[4] eastern Slovakia,[4] northwestern Croatia, eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Hungary, Serbia, and western Ukraine.[1] Reports of specimens in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy are thought to have been erroneous.[5]

Conservation

As of November 2024, Aquilegia nigricans was listed as Data deficient (DD) by the IUCN Red List. This status was last assessed on 27 March 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Schweizer, F.; Hasinger, O. (2014). "Aquilegia nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202929A2758075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T202929A2758075.en. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ Baumgarten, Johann (1816). Enumeratio Stirpium Magno Transsilvaniae. Vol. 2. p. 104. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Portale della Flora d'Italia. 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
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