Fuchsia summa

Fuchsia summa
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Fuchsia
Species:	F. summa
Binomial name
	Fuchsia summa; P.E.Berry

Fuchsia summa is a species of plant in the Onagraceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador: Loja. Found on the road from Yangana to Cerro Toledo in open patches above the tree line at elevations from 3,100 to 3,450 meters. It forms a low shrub to one half meter tall. The dark-green, subcoriaceous leaves are densely packed along the stems. The tube and sepals are four-angled. The sepals are slightly shorter than the petals and have green tips.^[1]

Sources

León-Yánez, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. Fuchsia summa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.

References

^ P. E. Berry. Novon 5: 320 1995.

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[1] P. E. Berry. Novon 5: 320 1995.

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