Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South; introduced into 32 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Stevens, W. D 34063

February 13, 2013

Location

Chile, O'Higgins, Cardenal Caro (Pichilemu)

-34.487778, -72.006944

Location Remarks

Comuna Pichilemu, Cáhuil; steep rocky roadbank above a brackish estuary. 2 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel

Notes

Shrub 1 m tall, flowers pendent, outer perianth red, inner blue-purple, filaments red.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Fuchsia

Specific Epithet

magellanica

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#55,049 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →