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Fuchsia L.

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Fuchsia L., Sp. Pl. 1191 (1753)
Fuchsia L.
Names_Fungi record source Fuchsia

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
1191
ICN
Fuchsia L.
genus
Fuchsia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Onagraceae
Fuchsia

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is host of
Chrysothrix candelaris (L.) J.R.Laundon
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Crocodia rubella (Hook.f. & Taylor) Trevis.
CHR (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Degelia gayana (Mont.) Arv. & D.J.Galloway
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Frullania deplanata Mitt.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Frullania monocera (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Frullania patula Mitt.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Frullania pycnantha (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Lejeunea primordialis (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Lembophyllum divulsum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Lindb.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Leptogium denticulatum Nyl.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Menegazzia subpertusa P.James & D.J.Galloway
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Opegrapha agelaeoides Nyl.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Pannaria Delise ex Bory
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Pannaria leproloma (Nyl.) P.M.Jørg.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Parmeliella Müll.Arg.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Pseudocyphellaria intricata (Delise) Vain.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Psoroma Michx.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Rhynchostegium tenuifolium (Hedw.) Reichardt
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Siphonolejeunea nudipes (Hook.f. & Taylor) Herzog
CHR (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Usnea Dill. ex Adans.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Usnea inermis Motyka
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Weymouthia cochlearifolia (Schwägr.) Dixon
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is host of
Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth.
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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Fuchsia L.

Fls us. perfect, axillary, solitary or clustered, us. pend., regular, epig., with a bell-shaped or tubular hypanthium ("calyx-tube"). Sepals and petals us. 4; stamens us. 8, exserted. Ovary 4-celled, stigma 4-lobed to capitate; berry with us. ∞ seeds. Erect or spreading shrubs or small trees, sts lianoid. Lvs simple opp. or alt. -the stipules caducous. Besides the N.Z. spp. there is one in Tahiti and some 100 ranging from Mexico to Fuegia.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Fuchsia L.

n = 11 bivalents, 2 univalents + 10 bivalents
n = 11 bivalents
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Fuchsia L.

Prostrate shrubs to small trees, sometimes lianoid, sometimes deciduous. Lvs simple, opposite, alternate or whorled, entire or toothed. Fls solitary in lf axils or clustered in racemes or panicles, occasionally cauliflorous, actinomorphic, mostly pendulous, usually ☿, sometimes unisexual. Floral tube campanulate to tubular, often greatly prolonged beyond ovary, usually coloured, deciduous at fruiting. Sepals 4, usually coloured. Petals 4, usually pink or mauve to crimson or purple, sometimes minute or 0. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, generally exserted, the 4 episepalous ones > 4 epipetalous ones; anthers dorsifixed. Style usually long-exserted; stigma capitate to 4-lobed. Fr. a soft, 4-celled berry. Seeds numerous, very small.

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Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia L.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Onagraceae
Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Fuchsia L.
Onagraceae
Fuchsia L.
Fuchsia L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
14 Link to an external page
Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Fuchsia L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
2 Link to an external page
Fuchsia L.
Peru
1 Link to an external page

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1 January 2000
14 February 2014
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