| Aquilegia chaplinei | |
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| Aquilegia chapelinei (Chapline's columbine) flowers | |
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| Holotype of Aquilegia chaplinei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. chaplinei
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| Binomial name | |
| Aquilegia chaplinei | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Aquilegia chrysantha var. chaplinei (Standl. ex Payson) Lott | |
Aquilegia chaplinei, also known as Chaplin's columbine,[note 1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to the arid Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico in the West South Central United States. A perennial plant with an average height of 40 centimetres (16 in), A. chaplinei is characterized as a dwarf version of its close relative Aquilegia chrysantha and is sometimes considered a variant of this species.
A. chaplinei's leaves are in a basal arrangement (sprouting from base of the shoot) and give the plant a fern-like appearance when not flowering. Its flowers are pale yellow. It is named for W. R. Chapline, the first person to collect the plant and who collected the holotype from Sitting Bull Falls in New Mexico in 1916.[4]: 74 [5]: 157
The plant has been the subject of conservation protections, including a New Mexican law prohibiting the collection of seeds from wild examples. In 2017, a consortium of state and federal agencies determined the species was "effectively conserved".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
TNCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aquilegia chapleini Standl. ex Payson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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Johnsonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nold, Robert (2003). Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0881925888.
- ^ Payson, Edwin Blake (1918). "The North American Species of Aquilegia". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 20 (4): I–IX. JSTOR 23492230.
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