Fuchsia simplicicaulis is a species of shrub in the family Onagraceae.[1] It is endemic to Peru.[1][2] Its Herbaria type is electrotype MA 11/92 11.[3]
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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. simplicicaulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia simplicicaulis Ruiz & Pav.
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Description
editFuchsia simplicicaulis is a scandent shrub growing 2-5 m tall, with branched stems. Young branches are subterete and hairy, with mature stems having red flaking bark. The leaves are lanceolate 8-15 x 1-3.5 cm wide. They are glabrous above and glabrous or pilose below along the veins. The petioles are 2-6 mm long. Stipules are triangular and 1-2 mm long. The pendant flowers bloom single to multiple on a 8-30 cm long rachis in racemes with 3-4 flowers. Bracts are ovate-lanceolate, and sharp at the apex. The ovary is 5-6 x 2-2.5 mm. The floral tube is funnel shaped 40-50 mm long. Sepals are lanceolate, puberulent 16-20 x 4 mm. Petals are red, linear-lanceolate 9-13 x 2-3(-5) mm. The filaments are 10-12 x 7-8 mm. The style is pilose from base of the flower to the edge of the tube.
The fruit is ellipsoid, puberulent, 11-13 x 8 mm. Seeds are tan, 1.2 x 0.7 mm wide.[4]
Distribution
editPlants are found growing in the Peruvian cloud forest of Junin, Huanuco, and Pasco at elevations of 2200 - 2500 meters.
References
edit- ^ a b Berry, P.E. (1982). "The systematics and evolution of Fuchsia sect. Fuchsia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 69 (1): 148–149. doi:10.2307/2398789. JSTOR 2398789.
- ^ Walker, Barry; Cheshire, Gerard; Lloyd, Huw (2007). Peruvian Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide to the High Andes. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 29. ISBN 9781841621678.
- ^ "Fuchsia simplicicaulis | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Onagraceae". Species Page/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-04-25.