Biology:Fuchsia cochabambana
| Fuchsia cochabambana | |
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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. cochabambana
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| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia cochabambana P.E.Berry
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Fuchsia cochabambana is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub with membranous leaves, and hanging orange-red flowers. The species is native to Bolivia, and was described in 1982.
Taxonomy
The species was described by Paul Edward Berry in 1982.[1] It is in the section Fuchsia, and forms part of a species group with Fuchsia denticulata, Fuchsia austromontana, Fuchsia harlingii, Fuchsia macrostigma, and Fuchsia magdalenae.[2]: 53
Distribution
Fuchsia cochabambana is native to the wet tropical biome of Bolivia[3] (Cochabamba Department and Santa Cruz Department). It grows in cloud forests.[2]: 145
Fuchsia cochabambana occurs sympatrically with Fuchsia sanctae-rosae.[2]: 83
Description
Fuchsia cochabambana is a shrub[3] that grows 0.5–1.5 metres (1.6–4.9 ft) high.[2]: 144
The leaves are firmly membranous, elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate, 3–12 centimetres (1.2–4.7 in) long, and 1–5 centimetres (0.39–1.97 in) wide. The leaves are arranged into groups of three or four, and have 1–3 millimetres (0.039–0.118 in) stems.[2]: 144
The flowers are hanging, and tightly grouped at the ends of branches.[2]: 144–145 The flower stems are 7–30 millimetres (0.28–1.18 in) long. The floral tube is narrowly funnel-shaped, 45–58 millimetres (1.8–2.3 in) long, around 3 millimetres (0.12 in) wide at the base, and 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) at the rim. The sepals are lanceolate, 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in) long, and around 5 millimetres (0.20 in) wide. The floral tube and sepals are orange to crimson in colour. The petals are red, elliptical, 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long, and 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) wide.[2]: 145
References
- ↑ "Fuchsia cochabambana P.E.Berry". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/106166-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Berry P. E. (1982). "The systematics and evolution of Fuchsia Sect. Fuchsia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 69 (1). doi:10.2307/2398789. Bibcode: 1982AnMBG..69....1B. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2398789?origin=crossref&seq=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fuchsia cochabambana" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106166-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q15332625 entry
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