Fuchsia Splendens

''Fuchsia splendens'' is a plant of the genus ''Fuchsia'' native to Central America.''F. splendens'' is variable in tube color and length across it range. There are no taxa currently recognized below the rank of species. While often encountered in written works and on the internet, names such as ''Fuchsia splendens'' var. ''cordifolia'' are not valid.The Mexican and Central American Species of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) Except for Sect. Encliandra. Dennis E. Breedlove, Paul E. Berry and Peter H. Raven, ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'', Vol. 69, No. 1, Studies in Fuchsia (1982), pp. 209-234.

Distribution

Mexico to Costa Rica.

Description

Shrubs that reach 0.5-2.5 meters in height, terrestrial or occasionally epiphytic. Leaves 3.5-13 × 0.8–4 cm, opposite or rarely ternate, ovate to chordate, base rounded to chordate, apex acute to acuminate; Petiole 1.2–8 cm. Bisexual flowers, axillary, pendulous armpits in the distal armpits; Pedicels 35–75 mm; Ovary narrowly cylindrical; Floral tube 20-64 × 4–9 mm, cylindrical, laterally compressed in the base around the nectar; Sepals 8-20 × 5–8 mm, lanceolate; Tube and sepals pink to red; Petals 6-12 × 4–8 mm, green with reddish base, ovate, subacuminate apex; Filaments 10–20 mm and 6–14 mm, greenish. Berries 20-40 × 5–8 mm, elongated, purplish dark when ripe. It has a chromosome number of 2n = 22

Etymology

''Fuchsia'' is named for Leonhart Fuchs 501-66 a renaissance physician, botanist and professor at the University of Tübingen.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 171. Splendens can be taken to variously mean shining, gleaming, glistening, glittering, bright, or brilliant.

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Flora of Central America