Fuchsia fulgens
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Fuchsia fulgens, known as Mexican Fuchsica (9533477037).jpg
|genus = Fuchsia
|species = fulgens
|authority = Moc. & Sessé ex DC
|synonyms=Ellobium fulgens Lilja
Spachia fulgens (Moc. & Sessé ex DC) Lilja
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Fuchsia fulgens[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2814900 The Plant List] is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Mexico and Central America.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Description
Shrubby, upright growth and thickened, tuberous roots.
- Height and Spread: Reaches heights of 1.5 m (5 ft) or more.Brickell, Christopher "The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z of Garden Plants (Volume 1: A-J)", 3rd ed. Copyright 1996, 2003, 2008 Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London. {{ISBN|9781405332965}} pp 461 Spreads as wide as 80 cm (32 in).
- Stems: Woody
- Leaves: Opposite, ovate or heart-shaped leaves are pale or sage green, paler green or flushed red beneath. Length ranges from 9–23 cm (3.5–9 in), or typically 17x12cm (7x5in) with fine red teeth tipped with glands.
- Flowers: Short, terminal racemes of pendant, single flowers.
- Tube: Tubes range in color from pink to dull red or scarlet.Ewart, Ron (1982). "Fuchsia Lexicon". Blandford Books Ltd. {{ISBN|0713710780}}. pp 20
- Sepals: Sepals are pale red, or pale yellow at the base, and tinged yellow-green at the margins.
- Corolla: Bright red in color.
- Fruit: Oblong to ellipsoid in shape and deep purple in color.
Cultivation
Etymology
Fuchsia is named for Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), a renaissance botanist and professor at Tübingen. Fulgens means 'shining' or 'glistening', often in reference (as in this case) to red flowers.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521866453}} (hardback), {{ISBN|9780521685535}} (paperback). pp 171, 172
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Fuchsia fulgens|Fuchsia fulgens}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Fuchsia fulgens|Fuchsia fulgens}}
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Category:Flora of Central America
Category:Taxa named by José Mariano Mociño