Fuchsia bracelinae
| Fuchsia bracelinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. bracelinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia bracelinae Munz 1943 | |
Fuchsia bracelinae is a species of Fuchsia found in Brazil.[1]
Description[edit]
The Fuchsia bracelinae plant is a subshrub that grows 10-60 cm tall sometimes as scandent shrubs reaching 2 m high. The branchlets are reddish-purple covered with whitish hairs and mature branches have flaking bark. Leaves are , narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 20-50 x 7-17 mm, narrowly acute apex and rounded base. They are green and slightly hairy above, paler and usually purple-flushed below, with densely hairs on the veins and margins. Flowers are solitary growing from the upper leaf axils, with slender, hairy, pendulous pedicels 12-20 mm long. The ovary is oblong, hairy, 4.5-8 x 2-3 mm wide, and the floral tube is cylindrical 3.5-7 x 2-4 mm wide. Sepals are narrowly lanceolate. Petals are deep violet, broadly obovate, 10-15 mm x 6.5-9 mm. Stamens have reddish-purple filaments, 24-30 x 17-21 mm long. The style is light red. Young fruits are oblong and purple.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Fuchsia bracelinae was first described in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences in 1943 by Phillip A. Munz.[3] The plant was named after botanist Nina Floy Bracelin[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Radcliffe, Jane. "Biographical Sketch" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
External links[edit]
Media related to Fuchsia bracelinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fuchsia bracelinae at Wikispecies
