Fuchsia splendens
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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. splendens
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| Fuchsia splendens Zucc.
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Fuchsia splendens is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Central America.[1]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.[2]
Distribution
Mexico to Costa Rica.
Description
Etymology
Fuchsia is named for Leonhart Fuchs [1501-66], a renaissance physician, botanist and professor at the University of Tübingen.[3] Splendens can be taken to variously mean shining, gleaming, glistening, glittering, bright, or brilliant.
References
- ↑ "Fuchsia splendens". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 171.
External links
Media related to Fuchsia splendens at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fuchsia splendens at WikispeciesError: "Q12175320" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
