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Genus:
Fuchsia (fuchsias)
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Onagraceae
About 100 species, native to Central and South
America, and New Zealand. More than 8000 hybrids and cultivars have been
developed for their distinctive and attractive flowers. Twelve species
cultivated in southern Africa as well as numerous hybrids and cultivars.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Fuchsia arborescens
Native to Mexico. |
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Fuchsia boliviana
Native from Peru to Argentina. |
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Fuchsia cordifolia
Native to Guatemala. |
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Fuchsia corymbiflora
Native to Peru. |
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Fuchsia decussata
Native to Peru. |
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Fuchsia encliandra
Native from Mexico to Nicaragua. |
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Fuchsia hybrida |
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Fuchsia megellanica
Native to Chile and Argentina. |
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Fuchsia paniculata
Native from Mexico to Panama. |
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Fuchsia procumbens
Native to New Zealand. |
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Fuchsia regia
Native to Brazil. |
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Fuchsia triphylla
Native to the Caribbean |
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Fuchsia x baccilaris |
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Herbivores on garden plants in southern Africa
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