Fuchsia hatschbachii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. hatschbachii
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Fuchsia hatschbachii, called Hatschbach's fuchsia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Fuchsia, endemic to the state of Paraná in Brazil.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] The species is named after Gert Hatschbach, Director of the Museu Botânico de Curitiba who collects and studies flora of Paraná.[4]
Description[edit]
Fuchsia hatschbachii is a shrub or climber, reaching heights of 1–3 metres (3.3–9.8 ft) as shrubs and up to 5 metres (16 ft) when climbing trees. Its branchlets are smooth and dull purple, with older branches tending to ascend in small shrubs or lie decumbent in larger or climbing plants.
The leaves are mostly opposite, occasionally in groups of 3-4, and are firm and membranous to somewhat leathery. They are narrowly lance-shaped, typically three times longer than wide, ranging from 3.0 to 7.5 centimetres (1.2 to 3.0 in) in length and 0.8 to 2.5 centimetres (0.31 to 0.98 in) in width. The leaf tips taper to a point, and the bases are rounded to narrowly heart-shaped. The upper surfaces of the leaves are a shiny dark green, while the lower surfaces are pale and both sides are mostly hairless, except for small tufts of hairs at the base of the lower midvein in some plants. The leaf margins have remote glandular teeth, and there are typically 5-6 veins on each side of the midvein.
Plants bloom from November to March. The flowers of Fuchsia hatschbachii are hairless and solitary in the upper leaf axils. The flower stalks are pendulous, ranging from 10 to 30 mm long. The ovary is cylindrical, 5-9 mm long and 2.5-3 mm wide, and the floral tube is cylindrical, 10-15 mm long and 3-5 mm wide, with a nectary that is 3-5 mm high. The sepals are 18-26 mm long, fused at the base for 2-6 mm, with free lobes 3.5-5 mm wide that spread out at flowering. The tube and sepals are red, the petals are violet and broadly obovate, 12-17 mm long and 8-12 mm wide. The filaments are red, 40-45 mm and 32-40 mm long, the anthers are red-purple, 3-3.5 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide, and the style is red, with a lower half that is loosely hairy and a stigma that is 2-3 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide, extending 15-20 mm beyond the anthers.
The berry of Fuchsia hatschbachii is subcylindrical, approximately four-angled, 13-18 mm long and 7-10 mm thick, turning purple when ripe. The seeds are oblong-triangular, 1.4-1.8 mm long and 0.8-1.2 mm wide.[5]
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Distribution[edit]
Fuchsia hatschbachii is found in low forests located on limestone or sandstone outcrops, within the plateaus north and west of Curitiba, Paraná, at elevations between 950 and 1,150 meters.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 559 (1989)
- ^ "Fuchsia hatschbachii P.E.Berry". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Fuchsia hatschbachii Hatschbach's fuchsia". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b Berry, Paul E. (1989). "A Systematic Revision of Fuchsia Sect. Quelusia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 76 (2): 532. doi:10.2307/2399499.
- ^ "Onagraceae". Species Page/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
External links[edit]
Media related to Fuchsia hatschbachii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fuchsia hatschbachii at Wikispecies
