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Hardy fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica)

Dlium Hardy fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica)

Hardy fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) is a species of plant in the Onagraceae, shrub with erect and slender stems, many small and long branches, growing in tropical highlands and forming dense colonies.

F. magellanica has a height of up to 3.0 m, 1-2 m wide, stems erect, cylindrical, green, branches and twigs bright red and shiny, flowering profusely in a long time and tubular.



The leaves sit opposite and have red stalks. Strands are elongated, pointed tip, margins have blunt spines and are red, a major vein in the middle and red, minor veins pinnate.

The flowers grow in the axils of the leaves, have long stalks, hang and are red. Long tubular flower locks. Flowers open with four slices, elongated and red. Middle segments are purple with many red and long pistil stalks.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Fuchsia Plum. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 1191 (1753)
Section: Quelusia
Species: Fuchsia magellanica Lam. in Encycl. 2: 564 (1788)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Fuchsia magellanica var. typica Munz in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 9 (1943)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Dorvalia eucharis Comm. ex Lam. in Encycl. 2: 565 (1788)
Fuchsia araucana F.Phil. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 34: 577 (1876)
Fuchsia chonotica Phil. in Linnaea 28: 687 (1856)
Fuchsia coccinea var. chonotica (Phil.) Reiche in Anales Univ. Chile 98: 485 (1897)
Fuchsia coccinea var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.f. in Fl. Antarct.: 269 (1847)
Fuchsia coccinea var. robustior Hook.f. (1847)
Fuchsia conica Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1062 (1827)
Fuchsia decussata Graham in Edinburgh Philos. J. 11: 206 (1824)
Fuchsia discolor Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1805 (1836)
Fuchsia globosa Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1556 (1833)
Fuchsia globosa var. devonia Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6: 237 (1839)
Fuchsia gracilis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 10: t. 847 (1824)
Fuchsia gracilis var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia gracilis var. multiflora Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia gracilis f. pumila Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 332 (1894)
Fuchsia gracilis superba J.Harrison in Floric. Cab. & Florist's Mag. 9: 214 (1841)
Fuchsia gracilis var. tenella Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia macrostemma Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. 3: 88 (1802)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. conica (Lindl.) Sweet in Brit. Fl. Gard. 6: t. 216 (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. globosa (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. gracilis (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. grandiflora Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Misc. 3: 308 (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. parviflora Hook. & Arn. (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. recurvata Hook. in Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3521 (1836)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. tenella (Lindl.) DC. in Prodr. 3: 38 (1828)
Fuchsia magellanica var. alba Clarence Elliott in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 92: 373 (1932)
Fuchsia magellanica var. conica (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey in Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 614 (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. discolor (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. eburnea Pisano in Anales Inst. Patagonia 10: 161 (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 in Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 12: 102 (1929)
Fuchsia magellanica var. ricoartonii (Tillery) L.H.Bailey in Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1301 (1915)
Fuchsia multiflora L. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 13.: 299 (1774)
Fuchsia myrtifolia Koehne in Deut. Dendrol.: 429 (1893)
Fuchsia pumila (Voss) Meun. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 98: 173 (1926)
Fuchsia recurvata Niven ex Hook. (1836)
Fuchsia ricoartonii Tillery in Florist & Pomol. 1871: 217 (1871)
Fuchsia tenella (Lindl.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Loudon's Hort. Brit.: 155 (1830)
Fuchsia thomsonii Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 2: 117 (1841)
Fuchsia virgata Sweet ex Jacques in Ann. Fl. Pomone 3: 85 (1834)
Thilcum tinctorium Molina in Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2.: 146 (1810)

PUBLICATIONS

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Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.

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Dassanayake (ed.) (1995). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 9: 1-482. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

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Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.

Rodríguez, R., Grau, J., Baeza, C. & Davies, A. (2008). Lista comentada de las plantas vasculares de los Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Gayana. Botánica 65: 153-197.

Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.

Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

VERNACULAR NAME

Czech: Fuchsie magelánská
Danish: Havefuchsia
English: Hardy Fuchsia, Hummingbird Fuchshia
Estonian: Patagoonia fuksia
Filipino: Mga hikaw
Finnish: Siroverenpisara
French: Fuchsia de Magellan
German: Scharlach-Fuchsie
Hawaiian: Kulapepeiao
Hindi: झुमके Jhumake
Indonesia: Anting-anting, Anting Dewa, Fusia, Bunga anting
Irish: Fiúise
Japanese: ツリウキソウ
Java: Giwangan, Anting dewo, Kembang anting
Lithuanian: Paprastoji fuksija
Madura: Anting
Makassar: Anting-anting
Polish: Fuksja magellańska, Fuksja Magellana
Russian: Фуксия магелланская
Slovak: Fuchsia čilská
Spanish: Aljaba, Chilco
Sunda: Anting-anting
Swedish: Scharlakansfuchsia
Thai: ต่างหู
Turkish: Küpeli Çiçeği
Vietnam: Bông tai
Welsh: Ffiwsia

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