Aquilegia nigricans

Bulgarian columbine
	Flowers of Aquilegia nigricans
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Aquilegia
Species:	A. nigricans
Binomial name
	Aquilegia nigricans; Baumg.
Synonyms
	List Aquilegia atrata var. macrantha Schur; Aquilegia vulgaris var. nigricans (Baumg.) Schur; Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. nigricans (Baumg.) Domin; Aquilegia longisepala Zimmeter [de]; 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^[update], Aquilegia nigricans was listed as Data deficient (DD) by the IUCN Red List. This status was last assessed on 27 March 2014.^[1]

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
^ Baumgarten, Johann (1816). Enumeratio Stirpium Magno Transsilvaniae. Vol. 2. p. 104. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
^ "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Portale della Flora d'Italia. 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[IUCN-1] 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.

[POWO-2] "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[Baumgarten-1816-3] Baumgarten, Johann (1816). Enumeratio Stirpium Magno Transsilvaniae. Vol. 2. p. 104. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[COL-4] "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[PFI-5] "Aquilegia nigricans Baumg". Portale della Flora d'Italia. 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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