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Fuchsia is named for Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), a renaissance botanist and professor at Tübingen. Fulgens means 'shining' or 'glistening', often in reference (as in this case) to red flowers. [ 4 ]
Fuchsia (/ ˈ f juː ʃ ə / FEW-shə) is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. Almost 110 species of Fuchsia are recognized; the vast majority are native to South America, but a few occur north through Central America to Mexico, and also several from New Zealand to Tahiti.
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]
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As a member of the genus Fuchsia, Fuchsia triphylla is a member of the family Onagraceae. Because there is such a large number of species for this genus, the botanist Philip A. Munz broke the genus down into nine sections. As the first species described in the genus, Fuchsia triphylla is in Section Fuchsia, which is the largest section of Fuchsia..
Image Name Description Distribution Fuchsia thymifolia subsp. minimiflora: Plant grows 1-3 meters tall. Leaves are elliptic and narrowly ovate with a 8–24 mm long petiole. Flower tube is 2.6-4 mm long: Found in Mexico and Guatemala (Antigua Guatemala) in forests of Pinus, Quercus, and Arbutus at elevations of 2100 to 2500 meters.
Fuchsia hatschbachii are erect to scandent shrubs, ranging from 1-3 meters tall, or up to 5 meters when climbing on trees. Leaves are narrowly lance-ovate, 3.0-7.5(-11.0) x 0.8-2.5(-3.0) cm, acuminate at the tip and rounded at the base, dark green above and pale below, with small trichomes 0.8-1 mm in length at the bottom of the lower midvein on some plants.
The Fuchsia bracelinae plant is a subshrub that grows 10–60 cm tall sometimes as scandent shrubs reaching 2 m high. The branchlets are reddish-purple covered with whitish hairs and mature branches have flaking bark.