Fuchsia campos-portoi

Fuchsia campos-portoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Fuchsia
Species:
F. campos-portoi
Binomial name
Fuchsia campos-portoi
Pilger & Schulze 1935

Fuchsia campos-portoi is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Brazil.[1]

Description

Fuchsia campos-portoi are small shrubs around 0.3-2 meters tall. The leaves are mostly arranged in threes and is narrowly lanceolate, 12-40 x 2-6(-8) mm. The berries are oblong, 14-16 x 7-8 mm thick and purple, and the seeds are 1.3-1.6 x 0.7-1.1 mm wide.[2]

Distribution

Fuchsia campos-portoi is native to the campos rupestres habitat of the Itatiaia mountain massif, located on the border of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at elevations ranging from 2,100 to 2,550 meters found growing among rocks. Fuchsia campos-portoi is found in shrubby patches or open, rocky sites, often experiencing winter frosts. It typically grows alongside Fuchsia regia subsp. regia, where several intermediate hybrids between the two species have been discovered.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Fuchsia campos-portoi". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ^ "Onagraceae". Species Page/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  3. ^ 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.
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