Fuchsia magellanica

Lam. (1788)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Onagraceae Genus: Fuchsia

earring flower, fuchsia, hardy fuchsia

Naturalized

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small shrubs.

Stems: Stems long, arcuate, 1–2.5(–4) m long.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled (3–4 per node) or sometimes opposite. Blades ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–6 cm long, 1–2 cm wide. Margins serrate. Petioles 0.5–1 cm long. Stipules small, usually deciduous.

Flowers: Flowers bisexual (perfect), axillary and pendent, peduncles 3–4.5 cm long. Sepals magenta, 20–25 mm long, valvate. Petals dark purple, convolute after anthesis, 10–13 mm long. Stamens 8, in two series, exserted; filaments 25–30 mm long, basifixed, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Pollen shed singly. Ovary inferior, as many cells and carpels as sepals; ovules anatropous; style 1; stigma capitate, globose, or clavate, 4-lobed to subentire.

Fruit: Berries ellipsoid; 10–15 mm long. Seeds small; endosperm absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 22; 44

Habitat: Mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (44)

Dorvalia eucharis Comm. ex Lam. (1788)

Fuchsia araucana F.Phil. (1876)

Fuchsia chonotica Phil. (1856)

Fuchsia coccinea var. chonotica (Phil.) Reiche (1897)

Fuchsia coccinea var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.f. (1847)

Fuchsia coccinea var. robustior Hook.f. (1847)

Fuchsia conica Lindl. (1827)

Fuchsia decussata Graham (1824)

Fuchsia discolor Lindl. (1836)

Fuchsia globosa Lindl. (1833)

Fuchsia globosa var. devonia Paxton (1839)

Fuchsia gracilis Lindl. (1824)

Fuchsia gracilis f. pumila Voss (1894)

Fuchsia gracilis superba J.Harrison (1841)

Fuchsia gracilis var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. (1827)

Fuchsia gracilis var. multiflora Lindl. (1827)

Fuchsia gracilis var. tenella Lindl. (1827)

Fuchsia macrostemma Ruiz & Pav. (1802)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. conica (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. globosa (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. gracilis (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. grandiflora Hook. & Arn. (1833)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. parviflora Hook. & Arn. (1833)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. recurvata Hook. (1836)

Fuchsia macrostemma var. tenella (Lindl.) DC. (1828)

Fuchsia magellanica var. alba Clarence Elliott (1932)

Fuchsia magellanica var. conica (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)

Fuchsia magellanica var. discolor (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)

Fuchsia magellanica var. eburnea Pisano (1979)

Fuchsia magellanica var. globosa (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)

Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)

Fuchsia magellanica var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Munz (1943)

Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae Espinosa (1929)

Fuchsia magellanica var. riccartonii (Tillery) L.H.Bailey (1915)

Fuchsia magellanica var. typica Munz (1943)

Fuchsia multiflora L. (1774)

Fuchsia myrtifolia Koehne (1893)

Fuchsia pumila Meun. (1926)

Fuchsia recurvata Niven ex Hook. (1836)

Fuchsia ricoartonii Tillery (1871)

Fuchsia tenella (Lindl.) G.Don (1830)

Fuchsia thompsonii Koehne (1893)

Fuchsia virgata Sweet ex Jacques (1834)

Thilcum tinctorium Molina (1810)

Uses and Culture

USES

Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized

Maui Naturalized

Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Pollinators

Specimens

Conservation Status

Bibliography

Name Published In: Encycl. 2: 564 (1788)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:996 (K, M, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:444 (KEY), 445 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo.	Scientific Name	Locality	Habitat	Basis of Record	Recorded By	Record Number	Island	Source	Date

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