Fuchsia canescens
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. canescens |
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Fuchsia canescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub with membranous leaves, red to orange flowers, and green to purple berries. The species is native to Colombia, and was described in 1845.
Taxonomy
[edit]Fuchsia canescens was described by George Bentham in 1845.[1] It is part of the section Fuchsia,[2] and forms part of a species group with Fuchsia dependens, Fuchsia hirtella, Fuchsia hartwegii, Fuchsia crassistipula, and Fuchsia cinerea.[2]: 54
Philip Alexander Munz treated Fuchsia canescens as a synonym of Fuchsia corollata.[2]: 183
Distribution
[edit]Fuchsia canescens is native to the wet tropical biome of south Colombia[3] (Cauca, Huila, and Nariño). It grows in cloud forests, at elevations of 2,800–3,350 metres (9,190–10,990 ft).[2]: 183
Fuchsia canescens occurs sympatrically with Fuchsia corollata and Fuchsia caucana.[2]: 118, 120
Description
[edit]Fuchsia canescens is a shrub[3] that grows 1.5–4 metres (4.9–13.1 ft) high. The young branches are ridged, reddish, and 3–8 millimetres (0.12–0.31 in) thick. The older branches have tan bark.[2]: 182
The leaves are firmly membranous, elliptical to obovate, 4.5–10 centimetres (1.8–3.9 in) long, and 2–5 centimetres (0.79–1.97 in) wide. The leaf stems are dull purple, and 15–25 millimetres (0.59–0.98 in) long.[2]: 182, 183
The flowers may be arranged in racemes. The flower stems are 5–13 millimetres (0.20–0.51 in) long. The floral tubes are dull scarlet or orange red, thick, spongy, narrowly funnel-shaped, 34–50 millimetres (1.3–2.0 in) long, 3.5–5.5 millimetres (0.14–0.22 in) wide at the base, and 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in) wide at the rim. The petals are dark red,[2]: 183 trowel-shaped,[2]: 61 14–19 millimetres (0.55–0.75 in) long, 4–7 millimetres (0.16–0.28 in) wide, and have slightly undulating margins. The sepals are triangular, 14–18 millimetres (0.55–0.71 in) long, 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in) wide, and white or greenish at the tips.[2]: 183
The fruit is an ellipsoid, green to purple berry, measuring 12–25 millimetres (0.47–0.98 in) long, and 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) thick. The seeds are around 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) long, and 0.6–0.8 millimetres (0.024–0.031 in) wide. The plant has eleven pairs of chromosomes.[2]: 183
Fuchsia canescens may hybridise with Fuchsia caucana.[2]: 184
Uses
[edit]Fuchsia canescens is used for food and medicine.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fuchsia canescens Benth". 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 10 11 12 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 3 "Fuchsia canescens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
External links
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Data related to Fuchsia canescens at Wikispecies
Media related to Fuchsia canescens at Wikimedia Commons
