Aquilegia pancicii
| Aquilegia pancicii | |
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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. pancicii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aquilegia pancicii | |
Aquilegia pancicii is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Aquilegia (columbine) in the family Ranunculaceae.[1] Native to Serbia, it is endemic to the southeastern region of that country. The species has two-colored flowers that are blue and pale or white. It is not in cultivation.
Description
[edit]Aquilegia pancicii is a species of herbaceous, perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae (buttercups).[1][2]: 29
A. pancicii has flowers that are small and nodding.[3]: 537 In Aquilegia, each flower generally possesses five petaloid sepals and five petals.[2]: 31 [3]: 161 Each petal of Aquilegia typically comprises a broad portion protruding forward, known as a blade, and an elongated structure protruding backwards, known as a nectar spur. The spurs contain the nectar of the flower.[2]: 31–32 On A. panciciithe sepals are blue-violet, while the petals are bicolored with blades that are a faded blue-violet towards the bottom and white or pale at their ends. The nectar spurs are blue-violet and longer than the blade of the petals they are on.[3]: 537
Certain mixtures of molecular compounds produce scents which may attract bees. Such compounds have been found in A. pancicii and similar columbines, indicating a possible adaption to assist in pollination.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Aquilegia pancicii was first described and given its binomial name in 1905 by the Hungarian biologist and botanist Árpád von Degen.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Aquilegia pancicii is native and endemic to southeastern Serbia.[2]: 110 [3]: 537 It predominately populates temperate biomes.[1]
Cultivation
[edit]In 2003, the American gardener and botanist reported that Aquilegia pancicii was not in cultivation.[2]: 110 The American botanist Philip A. Munz had reported the same in 1946.[5]: 68
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Aquilegia pancicii Degen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Nold, Robert (2003). Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0881925888 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Nardi, Enio (2015). Il Genere Aquilegia L. (Ranunculaceae) in Italia/The Genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) in Italy: Aquilegia Italicarum in Europaearum conspectu descriptio. Translated by Coster-Longman, Christina. Florence: Edizioni Polistampa. ISBN 9788859615187.
- ^ Radulović, Niko; Dekic, Milan; Zlatković, Bojan; Dekić, S.; Dekić, Vidoslav; Palić, R. (October 2007). "A detailed analysis of volatile constituents of Aquilegia pancicii Degen, a Serbian steno-endemic species". Chemical Papers. 61 (5). doi:10.2478/s11696-007-0055-y.
- ^ Munz, Philip A. (25 March 1946). Aquilegia: The Cultivated and Wild Columbines. Gentes Herbarum. Vol. VII. Ithaca, NY: The Bailey Hortorium of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University – via Internet Archive.
