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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.

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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn. in Cunningham, Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 31 (1839)
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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R.Cunn.
R.Cunn.
1839
31
ICN
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
species
Fuchsia procumbens
Original material (according to the protologue): "Totera indigenis. New Zealand (Northern Island). Around the village of Matauri on the east coast opposite the Cavallos Isles, inhabiting the sands immediately above the range of the tide, where it was found in flower in March.—1834, R. Cunningham". Type: K000742311, see label data below (digital image available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000742311 and http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000742311). Reported as the "type" by Allan (1961: 281) and as the "holotype" by Godley and Berry (1995: 502); corrected to the lectotype (Art. 9.10 of the ICN: Turland et al., 2018) in Mosyakin et al. 2020

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procumbens

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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.

Trioecious prostrate shrub, sts slightly scandent in presence of low support, or pend. over banks. Stems very slender, up to 5 dm. or more long; branchlets very slender. Lvs on subfiliform petioles up to 15-(30) mm. long; stipules minute, ovate. Lamina membr., 6-12-(15) × 7-10-(12) mm., suborbicular to broad-ovate, subcordate; margins sinuate to subserrulate, ± pubescent, as are main veins. Fls erect ± 12-20 mm. long, on peduncles up to 12 mm. long. Hypanthium dark red to purple, tubular-campanulate, glab., 7-8 mm. long. Sepals sharply reflexed, purplish at tips, narrow-lanceolate, ± 6 mm. long; petals 0; staminal filaments slender; receptive stigmas ± 2 mm. diam. Berry ovoid-oblong to obovoid, ± 20 mm. in longest diam., bright red to magenta.

Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.

n = 11
n = 11
2n = 22
2n = 22

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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
Fuchsia procumbens A.Cunn.

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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
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Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
New Zealand
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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typification
Original material (according to the protologue): "Totera indigenis. New Zealand (Northern Island). Around the village of Matauri on the east coast opposite the Cavallos Isles, inhabiting the sands immediately above the range of the tide, where it was found in flower in March.—1834, R. Cunningham". Type: K000742311, see label data below (digital image available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000742311 and http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000742311). Reported as the "type" by Allan (1961: 281) and as the "holotype" by Godley and Berry (1995: 502); corrected to the lectotype (Art. 9.10 of the ICN: Turland et al., 2018) in Mosyakin et al. 2020

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9376f11f-1cc4-4f17-b895-31631ca88400
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1 January 2000
7 January 2021
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