Fuchsia summa
Appearance
Fuchsia summa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Fuchsia |
Species: | F. summa
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Binomial name | |
Fuchsia summa |
Fuchsia summa is a species of plant in the family Onagraceae. 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.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ León-Yánez, S.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Fuchsia summa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45531A11003512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45531A11003512.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ P. E. Berry. Novon 5: 320 1995.