Aquilegia alpina

Aquilegia alpina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Thalictroideae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species: Aquilegia alpina

Name

Aquilegia alpina L., Sp. Pl. 1: 522 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. alpina (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 24. (1872).
• Heterotypic
  • Aquilegia montana Sternb., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 60 (1818).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Middle Europe Austria [Austria, Liechtenstein], Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France Southeastern Europe Italy. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 533. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tutin, T.G., Burges, N.A., Chater, A.O., Edmondson, J.R., Heywood, V.H., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1993. Flora Europaea. Volume 1: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae. 2nd edition, xlvi + 581 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) / New York / Melbourne, ISBN 0-521-41007-X. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Nardi, E. 2015. Il genere Aquilegia L. (Ranunculaceae) in Italia. 685 pp., Edizioni Polistampa. ISBN 978-88-596-1518-7 Reference page. 

Links

• Gygax, A., Gigot, G., Montagnani, C. & Bernhardt, K.G. 2011. Aquilegia alpina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T162386A5584121.en.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Aquilegia alpina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aquilegia alpina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aquilegia alpina. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpen-Akelei
suomi: Alppiakileija
italiano: Aquilegia maggiore
polski: Orlik alpejski

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