Fuchsia splendens

Fuchsia splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Fuchsia
Species:	F. splendens
Binomial name
	Fuchsia splendens; Zucc.
Synonyms
	Fuchsia cordifolia Benth.; Fuchsia intermedia Hemsl.;

Fuchsia splendens is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Central America.^[1]F. splendens is variable in tube color and length across it range. There are no taxa currently recognized below the rank of species. While often encountered in written works and on the internet, names such as Fuchsia splendens var. cordifolia are not valid.^[2]

Distribution

Mexico to Costa Rica.

Description

Shrubs that reach 0.5-2.5 meters in height, terrestrial or occasionally epiphytic. Leaves 3.5-13 × 0.8–4 cm, opposite or rarely ternate, ovate to chordate, base rounded to chordate, apex acute to acuminate; Petiole 1.2–8 cm. Bisexual flowers, axillary, pendulous armpits in the distal armpits; Pedicels 35–75 mm; Ovary narrowly cylindrical; Floral tube 20-64 × 4–9 mm, cylindrical, laterally compressed in the base around the nectar; Sepals 8-20 × 5–8 mm, lanceolate; Tube and sepals pink to red; Petals 6-12 × 4–8 mm, green with reddish base, ovate, subacuminate apex; Filaments 10–20 mm and 6–14 mm, greenish. Berries 20-40 × 5–8 mm, elongated, purplish dark when ripe. It has a chromosome number of 2n = 22

Etymology

Fuchsia is named for Leonhart Fuchs [1501-66], a renaissance physician, botanist and professor at the University of Tübingen.^[3] Splendens can be taken to variously mean shining, gleaming, glistening, glittering, bright, or brilliant.

References

^ "Fuchsia splendens". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
^ The Mexican and Central American Species of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) Except for Sect. Encliandra. Dennis E. Breedlove, Paul E. Berry and Peter H. Raven, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 69, No. 1, Studies in Fuchsia (1982), pp. 209-234.
^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 171.

External links

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

[1] "Fuchsia splendens". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.

[2] The Mexican and Central American Species of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) Except for Sect. Encliandra. Dennis E. Breedlove, Paul E. Berry and Peter H. Raven, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 69, No. 1, Studies in Fuchsia (1982), pp. 209-234.

[gledhill-3] Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 171.

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