Fuchsia denticulata

Fuchsia denticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Fuchsia
Species:	F. denticulata
Binomial name
	Fuchsia denticulata; Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
	Fuchsia leptopoda E.H.L.Krause; Fuchsia serratifolia Ruiz & Pav.; Fuchsia siphonantha E.H.L.Krause; Fuchsia tacsoniiflora E.H.L.Krause;

Fuchsia denticulata is a shrub in the family Onagraceae, native to Bolivia and Peru.^[1]^[2]

Description

Fuchsia denticulata is an erect to scandent shrub, reaching 1.5-4 meters high or climbing 10 meters in trees. It has green to red young branches. The dark green leaves are elliptic to oblanceolate 4-17 x 1.5-6.5 cm, smooth above, and pale green and subglabrous along the veins. The plant blooms with a few pendant flowers grouping toward the branch tips. The floral tube is waxy lavender, light pink, or light red. The sepals are lanceolate, acuminate and the petals are orange to scarlet. The filaments are pink to light red. The fruits are ellipsoid, green to red-purple, with tan seeds.^[3]

Distribution

Fuchsia denticulata is found in Peru and Bolivia, primarily in three main areas: on Cordillera Occidental slopes in Peru around Lima and Ancash at elevations of 2800-3500 meters growing in moist canyons and around springs; on the eastern Andean slopes in Peru from Huanuco to Cuzco, at elevations of 2500-3400 meters, in cloud forest and among upland shrub vegetation; and on the northeastern Andean slopes in Cochabamba and La Paz, Bolivia at elevations of 2200-3100 meters, in cloud forest habitat.^[3]

References

^ Berry, P.E. (1982). "The systematics and evolution of Fuchsia sect. Fuchsia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 69 (1): 137–139.
^ Walker, Barry; Cheshire, Gerard; Lloyd, Huw (2007). Peruvian Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide to the High Andes. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 29. ISBN 9781841621678.
^ ^a ^b "Onagraceae". Species Page/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

External links

Media related to Fuchsia denticulata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fuchsia denticulata at Wikispecies

[:0-1] Berry, P.E. (1982). "The systematics and evolution of Fuchsia sect. Fuchsia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 69 (1): 137–139.

[2] Walker, Barry; Cheshire, Gerard; Lloyd, Huw (2007). Peruvian Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide to the High Andes. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 29. ISBN 9781841621678.

[Species_Page/_Botany,_National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_Smithsonian_Institution_y369-3] "Onagraceae". Species Page/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

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