Aquilegia barnebyi

Aquilegia barnebyi

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. barnebyi
Binomial name
Aquilegia barnebyi

Aquilegia barnebyi, commonly known as the oil shale columbine or Barneby's columbine,[2][1] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, with a native range comprising northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado in the United States.[3][4][5] It is named after Rupert Charles Barneby,[6] who, with Harry Dwight Dillon Ripley, first discovered it in Colorado.[7][8]

Description

Plants grow 30–80 cm (12–31 in) tall,[3] with a spread of up to 30 in (76 cm).[9] Leaves are compound, as with other species of Aquilegia, and are 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) in diameter. Its nodding flowers have pink sepals, while the petals are yellow with reddish-pink spurs.[10][8]

Habitat and distribution

Aquilegia barnebyi is endemic to the Uinta Basin (Duchesne and Uintah counties)[2] in Utah,[11] and to Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado.[2] It grows on moist,[3] exposed oil shale in cliffs and rocky slopes,[12][10] and in pinyon-juniper woodlands.[13] In the 1980s it was thought to be rare in Utah,[14] and was considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act; as of 2021, it thought to be sufficiently widespread and abundant as not to be at risk of extinction.[15]

Phylogeny

Analysis of chloroplast DNA showed A. barnebyi is closely related to A. coerulea,[16] a species of Aquilegia native to southern Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico.[17]

Cultivation

Aquilegia barnebyi grows in full sun to part shade,[5] and is suitable for rock gardens.[9] It is drought tolerant, but is not tolerant of salty conditions.[12] Aquilegia 'Firelight' is a cultivar that has been selected for shorter stems and ombre yellow–pink flowers.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aquilegia barnebyi". explorer.natureserve.org. NatureServe. 2021. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c "Plants Profile for Aquilegia barnebyi (oil shale columbine)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Aquilegia barnebyi, oil shale columbine". www.fs.fed.us. U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  4. ^ "Aquilegia barnebyi Munz". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  5. ^ a b "Aquilegia barnebyi". www.chicagobotanic.org. Chicago Botanic Garden. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  6. ^ "Aquilegia barnebyi". navigate.botanicgardens.org. Denver Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  7. ^ Crase D (2001). "Ruperti Imagines: A Portrait of Rupert Barneby". Brittonia. 53 (1): 1–40. Bibcode:2001Britt..53....1C. doi:10.1007/BF02805395. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 2666532. S2CID 24721140.
  8. ^ a b Munz PA (1949). "A New Columbine from Colorado". Leaflets of Western Botany. 5: 177 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  9. ^ a b Nold R (March–April 2004). "Hooked on columbines" (PDF). The American Gardener. American Horticultural Society: 17.
  10. ^ a b "Aquilegia barnebyi in Flora of North America". www.efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  11. ^ Davidson DW, Newmark WD, Sites Jr JW, Shiozawa DK, Rickart EA, Harper KT, Keiter RB (1996). "Selecting Wilderness Areas to Conserve Utah's Biological Diversity". The Great Basin Naturalist. 56 (2): 95–118. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4109. ISSN 0017-3614. JSTOR 41716178.
  12. ^ a b Paudel A, Chen JJ, Sun Y, Wang Y, Anderson R (2019-11-01). "Salt Tolerance of Sego SupremeTM Plants". HortScience. 54 (11): 2056–2062. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI14342-19. ISSN 0018-5345.
  13. ^ a b "Firelight Columbine". Technology Transfer Services. Utah State University Office of Research. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  14. ^ Welsh SL, Atwood ND, Goodrich S, Neese E, Thorne KH, Albee B (1981). "Preliminary Index of Utah Vascular Plant Names". The Great Basin Naturalist. 41 (1): 1–108. ISSN 0017-3614. JSTOR 41711784.
  15. ^ "Aquilegia barnebyi Munz". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Archived from the original on 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  16. ^ Huang H (February 2020). "The complete chloroplast genome of Aquilegia barnebyi, a basal eudicot species". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (1): 1060–1061. doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1719919. PMC 7748838. PMID 33366874.
  17. ^ "Aquilegia coerulea E.James". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2021-04-04.


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