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Fuchsia magellanica

Lam. (1788)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Onagraceae Genus: Fuchsia

earring flower, fuchsia, hardy fuchsia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small shrubs.

Stems: Stems long, arcuate, 1–2.5(–4) m long.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled (3–4 per node) or sometimes opposite. Blades ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–6 cm long, 1–2 cm wide. Margins serrate. Petioles 0.5–1 cm long. Stipules small, usually deciduous.

Flowers: Flowers bisexual (perfect), axillary and pendent, peduncles 3–4.5 cm long. Sepals magenta, 20–25 mm long, valvate. Petals dark purple, convolute after anthesis, 10–13 mm long. Stamens 8, in two series, exserted; filaments 25–30 mm long, basifixed, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Pollen shed singly. Ovary inferior, as many cells and carpels as sepals; ovules anatropous; style 1; stigma capitate, globose, or clavate, 4-lobed to subentire.

Fruit: Berries ellipsoid; 10–15 mm long. Seeds small; endosperm absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 22; 44

Habitat: Mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (44)

Dorvalia eucharis Comm. ex Lam. (1788)
Fuchsia araucana F.Phil. (1876)
Fuchsia chonotica Phil. (1856)
Fuchsia coccinea var. chonotica (Phil.) Reiche (1897)
Fuchsia coccinea var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.f. (1847)
Fuchsia coccinea var. robustior Hook.f. (1847)
Fuchsia conica Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia decussata Graham (1824)
Fuchsia discolor Lindl. (1836)
Fuchsia globosa Lindl. (1833)
Fuchsia globosa var. devonia Paxton (1839)
Fuchsia gracilis Lindl. (1824)
Fuchsia gracilis f. pumila Voss (1894)
Fuchsia gracilis superba J.Harrison (1841)
Fuchsia gracilis var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia gracilis var. multiflora Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia gracilis var. tenella Lindl. (1827)
Fuchsia macrostemma Ruiz & Pav. (1802)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. conica (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. globosa (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. gracilis (Lindl.) Sweet (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. grandiflora Hook. & Arn. (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. parviflora Hook. & Arn. (1833)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. recurvata Hook. (1836)
Fuchsia macrostemma var. tenella (Lindl.) DC. (1828)
Fuchsia magellanica var. alba Clarence Elliott (1932)
Fuchsia magellanica var. conica (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. discolor (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. eburnea Pisano (1979)
Fuchsia magellanica var. globosa (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey (1900)
Fuchsia magellanica var. macrostemma (Ruiz & Pav.) Munz (1943)
Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae Espinosa (1929)
Fuchsia magellanica var. riccartonii (Tillery) L.H.Bailey (1915)
Fuchsia magellanica var. typica Munz (1943)
Fuchsia multiflora L. (1774)
Fuchsia myrtifolia Koehne (1893)
Fuchsia pumila Meun. (1926)
Fuchsia recurvata Niven ex Hook. (1836)
Fuchsia ricoartonii Tillery (1871)
Fuchsia tenella (Lindl.) G.Don (1830)
Fuchsia thompsonii Koehne (1893)
Fuchsia virgata Sweet ex Jacques (1834)
Thilcum tinctorium Molina (1810)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Encycl. 2: 564 (1788)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:996 (K, M, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:444 (KEY), 445 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Fuchsia magellanica Near Stainback Highway; 3 miles below Kulani Prison Camp Abundant along road and occasionally invading wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 4077 Hawaii BISH 1974-08-13
2 Fuchsia magellanica Forest Reserve, near Volcano House, along Volcano Road Escaped along roadside in thickets. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 224 Hawaii BISH 1926-11-10
3 Fuchsia magellanica Kau District: Keauhou Ranch. Collected in collapsed lava tube Growing with Metrosideros and Hedychium. Surrounding vegetation is Pennisetum-Axonopus-Hypochoeris pasture with scattered Metrosideros on pahoehoe substrate. Preserved_Specimen Cuddihy, L.W. 94 Hawaii BISH 1980-01-04
4 Fuchsia magellanica Near Kilauea Crater Planted along roadside and spreading freely. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 1588 Hawaii BISH 1922-08-26
5 Fuchsia magellanica Waimea District, Nuololo, just west of road. Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest w/ Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, Melicope barbigera, M. anisata, M. ovata, Chrysodracon aurea, Polyscias kavai Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 18309 Kauai BISH 2019-09-26
6 Fuchsia magellanica Hawaii National Escaping into wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 87 Hawaii BISH 1942-09-22
7 Fuchsia magellanica Makawao, Puohokamoa Stream wet forest; Metrosideros Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 70809 Maui BISH 2008-07-31
8 Fuchsia magellanica Waimea District, Kokee State Park. Proposed DOFAW nursery site, mile 17, Hwy 550 Metrosideros dominated wet forest surrounding site first cleared in early 1940s. Secondary vegetation on site and along access road. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 5655 Kauai BISH 1994-11-16
9 Fuchsia magellanica Glenwood Commonly planted. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3717 Hawaii BISH 1929-06-14
10 Fuchsia magellanica Kau District: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Along trail from Crater Rim Road to Thurston Lava Tube Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Lammers, T.G. 5388 Hawaii BISH 1983-09-02
11 Fuchsia magellanica East Maui, Koolau Forest Reserve, Waikamoi Cultivated as a hedge at edge of Waikamoi Dam. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 977 Maui BISH 1972-04-05
12 Fuchsia magellanica Alakai Swamp Preserved_Specimen Huber, H.F.J. 15 Kauai BISH 1964-08-21
13 Fuchsia magellanica Crater Rim Drive, about half-way between Thurston Lava Tube and Puu Puai Road Very common, forming tangles in edge of forest on roadside in locally somewhat decadent Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 57479 Hawaii BISH 1978-04-16
14 Fuchsia magellanica Keauhou Ranch, Kau District Collected in collapsed lava tube growing with Metrosideros and Hedychium. Surrounding vegetation is Pennisetum - Axonopus - Hypochoeris pasture with scattered Metrosideros on pahoehoe substrate. Preserved_Specimen Cuddihy, L.W. 94 Hawaii BISH 1980-01-04
15 Fuchsia magellanica Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve, along Stainback Highway, Jct. Olaa Flume Rd In disturbed rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4847 Hawaii BISH 1983-07-26
16 Fuchsia magellanica Kokee Garden. Preserved_Specimen Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1990-10-26
17 Fuchsia magellanica Near Volcano House, by road Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. 946 Hawaii BISH 1937-09-01
18 Fuchsia magellanica Halemanu Road near Jct. with Kokee Road, near Tracking Station Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5150 Kauai BISH 1983-12-20
19 Fuchsia magellanica Kokee State Park Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1075 Kauai BISH 1968-04-24
20 Fuchsia magellanica Kokee State Park, Jct. of Halemanu Rd. and Kokee Rd. near Tracking Station Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4966 Kauai BISH 1983-08-26
21 Fuchsia magellanica Kokee State Park Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1075 Kauai BISH 1968-04-24
22 Fuchsia magellanica Kilauea; Kalauilehua Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13045 Hawaii BISH 1917-08-01
23 Fuchsia magellanica Kulani Prison at end of Kulani Prison Road Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 4122 Hawaii BISH 1969-08-07
24 Fuchsia magellanica Kokee. Camp 10 Road; Garden at Plew's residence Preserved_Specimen Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1986-10-23
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