Fuchsia magellanica, W. D. Stevens 34063--Chile, Reserva Tanume, 14 Feb 2013 7907 (3).JPG
Fuchsia magellanica, W. D. Stevens 34063--Chile, Reserva Tanume, 14 Feb 2013 7907 (2).JPG
Fuchsia magellanica, W. D. Stevens 34063--Chile, Reserva Tanume, 14 Feb 2013 7907 (5).JPG
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.
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Fuchsia
Specific Epithet
magellanica
Authorship
Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#55,049 of 335,497
Top 17%
Extinction probability
9%
