Fuchsia summa
| Fuchsia summa | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. summa |
| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia summa P.E.Berry | |
Fuchsia summa is a species of plant in the Onagraceae family. 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.[1]
Source
- León-Yánez, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. Fuchsia summa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
References
- ↑ P. E. Berry. Novon 5: 320 1995.