Aquilegia einseleana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. einseleana
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Aquilegia einseleana, or Einsele's columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the eastern Alps.[2]
Description
[edit]Aquilegia einseleana grows to 15–40 cm (5.9–15.7 in) in height. It has 1–3 (rarely up to 6) nodding blue-violet flowers of 2.5–4.0 cm (0.98–1.57 in) in diameter, with straight or slightly incurved spurs of around 9 mm (0.35 in).[3][4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Aquilegia einseleana is most closely related to Aquilegia bertolonii, Bertoloni's columbine. The two species are estimated to have diverged from each other in the Pliocene around 1.23 million years ago, and form a sister clade to one containing the other European and some North and East Asian species of Aquilegia, from which they diverged approximately 2.5 million years ago.[5]
Etymology
[edit]The species was described by the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876) in 1848, and named after his friend Dr. August Max Einsele (1803–1870), a Bavarian physician and botanist.[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Aquilegia einseleana is native to the central and eastern Alps of Slovenia, Bavaria in Germany,[7] Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Veneto in Italy,[8] and Austria.[2] It grows in grassy and rocky limestone areas[9] at altitudes of 600–1,800 m (2,000–5,900 ft), in the montane to subalpine zones.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Aquilegia einseleana flowers from June to July[3] and is pollinated by bumblebees.[4]
Conservation
[edit]The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.[1] In Switzerland, it is considered vulnerable in certain regions, and is fully protected in the Canton of Ticino.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aquilegia einseleana F.W.Schultz". EUNIS. European Environment Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Aquilegia einseleana F.W.Schultz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Aquilegia einseleana F.W.Schultz". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. GBIF Secretariat. 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Bastida, Jésus M.; Alcántara, Julio M.; Rey, Pedro J.; Vargas, Pablo; Herrera, Carlos M. (2010). "Extended phylogeny of Aquilegia: the biogeographical and ecological patterns of two simultaneous but contrasting radiations". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 284: 171–185. doi:10.1007/s00606-009-0243-z.
- ^ Fior, Simone; Li, Mingai; Oxelman, Bengt; Viola, Roberto; Hodges, Scott A.; Ometto, Lino; Varotto, Claudio (2013). "Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the Aquilegia rapid radiation through next-generation sequencing of rapidly evolving cpDNA regions". New Phytologist. 198 (2): 579–592. doi:10.1111/nph.12163. PMID 23379348.
- ^ Menhofer, Xaver (2017). "Dr. August Max Einsele (1803 – 1870)" (PDF). Zobodat. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Aquilegia einseleana". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Aquilegia einseleana F.W.Schultz". Portale della Flora d'Italia. 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "Informationen zu Aquilegia einseleana F. W. Schultz, Kleinblütige Akelei". FloraWeb. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
External links
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Media related to Aquilegia einseleana at Wikimedia Commons
