Fuchsia bracelinae is a species of Fuchsia found in Brazil.[1]
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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. bracelinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia bracelinae Munz 1943
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Description edit
The Fuchsia bracelinae plant is a subshrub that grows 10-60 cm tall sometimes as scandent shrubs reaching 2 m high. The branchlets are reddish-purple covered with whitish hairs and mature branches have flaking bark. Leaves are , narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 20-50 x 7-17 mm, narrowly acute apex and rounded base. They are green and slightly hairy above, paler and usually purple-flushed below, with densely hairs on the veins and margins. Flowers are solitary growing from the upper leaf axils, with slender, hairy, pendulous pedicels 12-20 mm long. The ovary is oblong, hairy, 4.5-8 x 2-3 mm wide, and the floral tube is cylindrical 3.5-7 x 2-4 mm wide. Sepals are narrowly lanceolate. Petals are deep violet, broadly obovate, 10-15 mm x 6.5-9 mm. Stamens have reddish-purple filaments, 24-30 x 17-21 mm long. The style is light red. Young fruits are oblong and purple.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ Berry, Paul E. (1989). "A Systematic Revision of Fuchsia Sect. Quelusia (Onagraceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 76 (2): 532. doi:10.2307/2399499.
External links edit
Media related to Fuchsia bracelinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fuchsia bracelinae at Wikispecies
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