Fuchsia furfuracea
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. furfuracea |
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| Fuchsia furfuracea | |
Fuchsia furfuracea is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a scrambling shrub with elliptic-ovate leaves, and pendant pink to red flowers. The fruits are berries. The species is native to Bolivia, and was described in 1925.
Taxonomy
Fuchsia furfuracea was described by Ivan Murray Johnston in 1925.[1] It is part of the section Fuchsia, and forms part of a species group with Fuchsia tincta and Fuchsia vargasiana.[2]: 54
Distribution
Fuchsia furfuracea is native to the subtropical biome of Bolivia.[3] It grows mostly in La Paz and Cochabamba.[2]: 160
Fuchsia furfuracea mostly grows in the yungas bioregion. It grows in wet sites, such as on cliff overhangs and near streams in cloud forests, at elevations of 2,800–3,050 metres (9,190–10,010 ft).[2]: 160 It occurs sympatrically with Fuchsia sanctae-rosae, and may hybridise with it.[2]: 83, 161
Description
Fuchsia furfuracea is a scrambling shrub.[3] It grows 0.5–2.5 metres (1.6–8.2 ft) tall. The branchlets are green or reddish, and the older branches have smooth, purple to tan bark.[2]: 159
The leaves are elliptic-ovate, 6–15 centimetres (2.4–5.9 in) long, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) wide,[2]: 159 and furfuraceous or covered in short hairs.[4] The leaves are arranged oppositely, or rarely in clusters of three.The leaf stems are 2–5 centimetres (0.79–1.97 in) long.[2]: 159
The flowers are pendant, and 15–40 millimetres (0.59–1.57 in). The flowers are narrowly funnel-shaped, dull pink to lavender or orange red, 25–48 millimetres (0.98–1.89 in) long, and widen from 2–3 millimetres (0.079–0.118 in) at the base, to 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in) wide at the rim. The sepals are lanceolate, 10–18 millimetres (0.39–0.71 in) long, and 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) wide. The sepals are light red, but become white at the tips. The petals are bright pink to dark red, elliptic-ovate, 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in) long, and 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) wide.[2]: 159–160
The fruit is an ovoid to ellipsoid berry with short hairs, which is 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in) long, and 6–12 millimetres (0.24–0.47 in) thick. The seeds are around 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) long, and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide.[2]: 160
Fuchsia furfuracea resembles Fuchsia corymbiflora, but has longer flower stems, and short soft hairs inside the hypanthium.[4]
References
- ↑ "Fuchsia furfuracea I.M.Johnst". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Berry P. E. (1982). "The systematics and evolution of Fuchsia Sect. Fuchsia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 69 (1). Bibcode:1982AnMBG..69....1B. doi:10.2307/2398789. JSTOR 2398789.
- 1 2 "Fuchsia furfuracea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- 1 2 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. Vol. 3. Harvard University. 1925. p. 39.
External links
Data related to Fuchsia furfuracea at Wikispecies