The correct name for an Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) hybrid of the parentage Aquilegia flavescens × A. formosa Author Cronk, Quentin C. B. 0000-0002-4027-7368 Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3156 - 6270, University Blvd., V 6 T 1 Z 4, Vancouver, BC, Canada text PhytoKeys 2023 2023-02-23 220 31 38 journal article 55051 10.3897/phytokeys.220.99170 PMC10209508 37251608 Aquilegia × miniana (J. F. Macbr. & Payson) Cronk , hybr. & stat. nov. A. flavescens var. miniana J. F. Macbr. & Payson, 1917 , Contr. Gray Herb., 49: 61. Basionym. Type material. Holotype . Macbride and Payson 3326 ( GH ). A hybrid of the parentage: Aquilegia flavescens S. Watson × A. formosa Fisch. & DC. , with intermediacy between the two parents. Type locality. In Payson (1918) , further details are given of the type locality (Challis Creek) in relation to parental populations: “ … Custer County, Idaho . There, near the town of Challis, at an altitude of 1620 meters, was found nearly typical A. formosa , while on the slopes of Parker Mountain, about 25 miles away and at an altitude of 2,400 to 2,700 metres, was found nearly typical A. flavescens . Intermediate forms were met along Challis Creek between these altitudes. ” It is necessary to discuss an earlier name, Aquilegia rubicunda Tidestr. ( Tidestrom 1910 ), collected by Tidestrom in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah . This is also an Aquilegia with pink sepals. It has been considered a pink-flowered form of A. flavescens ( Welsh 1986 ) and, as such, might represent an earlier name for A. × miniana . However, the type specimen ( US ) bears no particular similarity to A. flavescens or its hybrid with A. formosa . Whittemore (1997) considered it to be A. micrantha . It might well repay further study, but we can rule out relevance to the hybrid considered here.