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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 microphylla, also known as small leaf fuchsia and small-leaved fuchsia, is a flowering shrub in the family Onagraceae. [1] The specific epithet ( microphylla ) was named for the plant's small ( micro ) leaves ( phylla ).
Charles Plumier is accredited with both the discovery and naming of Fuchsia. In the early 18th century, Plumier made an expedition to the Americas in search of a new genus. Fuchsia triphylla is the species that Plumier initially came upon and returned to France with. First, he named the genus Fuchsia after Leonhart Fuchs. Leonhart Fuchs was a ...
Fuchsia glazioviana is a shrub that grows around 0.5 - 4 meters tall. Its branches grow up to 6 meters long and may have a purplish color with small detachable hairs. The dark green leaves are in groups of 2-3, oval in shape, 15 - 40 x 8 - 15 mm, smooth on top and paler below, with small glandular serrations on the edges.
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.
Fuchsia magellanica - flower. This sub-shrub with long, arcuate stems can grow to 1–3 metres (3.3–9.8 ft) in height and width in frost-free climates, and 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) where colder.Its leaves grow in whorls of 3-4 per node or sometimes opposite, are ovate to lanceolate, 2.5-6 cm long, and 1-2 cm wide, with serrate margins and petioles 0.5-1 cm long.
Fuchsia procumbens is a prostrate shrub that is endemic to coastal areas of the North Island of New Zealand. Common names include creeping fuchsia, ...
Fuchsia perscandens can form a shrub in exposed situations or adopt a lianoid form. The plant has thick main stems, with a diameter of up to 5 cm (2.0 in) and a length of about 5 m (16 ft). [8] [11] Fuchsia perscandens is sparingly branched, and its bark is pale brown, or pale orange-fawn on older stems. The bark tends to peel off in papery ...