Fuchsia splendens

Fuchsia splendens is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Central America.[1]

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.

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 botanist and professor at Tübingen.[2]

References
  1. "Fuchsia splendens". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 171
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