Fuchsia summa
Fuchsia summa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Fuchsia |
Species: | F. summa |
Binomial name | |
Fuchsia summa P.E.Berry | |
Fuchsia summa is a species of plant in the Onagraceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador: Loja. Found on the road from Yangana to Cerro Toledo in open patches above the tree line at elevations from 3,100 to 3,450 meters. It forms a low shrub to one half meter tall. The dark-green, subcoriaceous leaves are densely packed along the stems. The tube and sepals are four-angled. The sepals are slightly shorter than the petals and have green tips.[1]
Sources
- León-Yánez, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. Fuchsia summa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
References
- ↑ P. E. Berry. Novon 5: 320 1995.
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