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|accepted_name=Fuchsia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1191. 1753
|year=1753
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Onagraceae;Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae;Onagraceae tribe Circaeeae;Fuchsia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Onagraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Onagraceae tribe Circaeeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fuchsia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Leonhart Fuchs, 1501–1566, German physician, herbalist, and professor at Tübingen
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> [lianas, epiphytes, or trees].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>scandent, [erect, ascending, pendant, or decumbent], branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite or whorled [alternate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">stipules present, usually deciduous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule duration;stipule architecture">petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape">blade margins serrulate to crenate-dentate [entire].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>solitary flowers in leaf-axils [racemes, panicles, or involucrate when flowers numerous].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction;flower architecture;bud orientation"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual and protogynous [or unisexual (and plants gynodioecious, dioecious, or subdioecious)], actinomorphic, buds pendent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="floral-tube duration;basal nectary life cycle;basal nectary development;basal nectary shape;basal nectary shape;basal nectary shape;basal nectary fusion;basal nectary fusion;basal nectary shape;basal nectary shape">floral-tube deciduous (with sepals, petals, and stamens) after anthesis, well developed, cylindrical to obconical, with basal nectary, adnate or mostly free, nectary unlobed or shallowly 4–8-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal orientation;sepal arrangement">sepals 4, reflexed or spreading singly in anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration">petals 4, [minute or absent], dark purple [shades of purple, red, or orange, rarely lavender, green, or rose-pink];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;series quantity;series size;anther fixation;pollen arrangement">stamens 8, in 2 unequal series, [in equal series, or shorter whorl reflexed into floral-tube], anthers basifixed, pollen shed singly;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape;surface condition;surface relief">ovary 4-locular, stigma subentire or 4-lobed, clavate [capitate or globose], surface wet and non-papillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="berry texture"><b>Fruit </b>a fleshy berry, oblong [to ellipsoid or subglobose];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit architecture">pedicellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="row quantity;row quantity"><b>Seeds </b>few to ca. 500, in 2 to several rows per locule, rarely in 1 row, embedded in pulp.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed quantity;seed quantity;seed quantity">= 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;West Indies (Hispaniola);Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Pacific Islands (Society Islands);also in w Europe (Ireland);Asia (India);e;s Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaiian Islands);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 107 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Nearly three-fourths of the species of Fuchsia occur in the northern Andes of South America, where the largest section (sect. Fuchsia) is centered. Other species occur in New Zealand (3 spp.), the Society Islands (1 sp.), Mexico, Hispaniola, Central America, and the southern Andes. All species of Fuchsia share the strong morphological synapomorphy of a fleshy berry, a fruit type unique in the family. Most species of Fuchsia characteristically have 2-aperturate pollen [3-aperturate pollen in the polyploid sections Kierschlegeria (Spach) Munz and Quelusia (Vandelli) de Candolle], are usually shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes lianas or trees, and have prolonged floral tubes on flowers that are mostly purple, red, or orange, and generally with petaloid sepals. Within the Circaeeae, P. E. Berry et al. (2004) found strong support for a monophyletic Fuchsia.</p>
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name=Fuchsia
|author=Paul E. Berry;Warren L. Wagner
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Onagraceae
|distribution=Mexico;West Indies (Hispaniola);Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Pacific Islands (Society Islands);also in w Europe (Ireland);Asia (India);e;s Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaiian Islands);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|subfamily=Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
|tribe=Onagraceae tribe Circaeeae
|genus=Fuchsia
|anther fixation=basifixed
|basal nectary development=developed
|basal nectary fusion=free;adnate
|basal nectary life cycle=anthesis
|basal nectary shape=4-8-lobed;unlobed;cylindrical;obconical
|berry texture=fleshy
|blade margin architecture or shape=serrulate;crenate-dentate
|bud orientation=pendent
|floral-tube duration=deciduous
|flower architecture=actinomorphic
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower reproduction=protogynous;bisexual
|fruit architecture=pedicellate
|fruit shape=oblong
|leaf arrangement=whorled;opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular
|petal coloration=dark purple
|petal quantity=4
|pollen arrangement=singly
|row quantity=1;several
|seed quantity=11;2;0;500
|sepal arrangement=singly
|sepal orientation=spreading;reflexed
|sepal quantity=4
|series quantity=2
|series size=unequal
|stamen quantity=8
|stem architecture=branched
|stem growth form=scandent
|stigma shape=clavate;4-lobed;subentire
|stipule architecture=petiolate
|stipule duration=deciduous
|stipule presence=absent
|surface condition=wet
|surface relief=non-papillate
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