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(Last Modified On 10/11/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/11/2012)
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Species
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Fuchsia pulchella
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Description
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fruticosa ca. 1.5-2.0 m. alta; ramulis teretibus gracillimis juventate mi- nutissime puberulo-papillatis mox glabratis maturitate cortice brunneis tenuiter rimosis; foliis oppositis petiolatis obovato- rhombiformibus apice obtusiusculis basi anguste cuneatis margine remote sinuo-dentatis 1.5-3.5 cm. longis tenuiter membranaceis utrinque glabris; petiolis 0.7-1.0 cm. longis mi- nutissime puberulo-papillatis; inflorescentiis unifloris axillari- bus, pedunculo subnullo; pedicellis ca. 0.4 cm. longis minutis- sime puberulo-papillatis; calycis tubo anguste tubulo-campan- ulato cum ovario late ovoideo ca. 0.1 cm. longo sparse minutis- simeque pilosulo 0.65-0.7 cm. longo, faucibus ca. 0.15 cm. dia- metro metientibus, colore dilute auriantiaco extus ovario ex- cepto glaberrimo, lobis anguste ovato-trigonalibus longe acu- minatis 0.45-0.5 cm. longis patulis glabris colore roseis; petalis late oblongo-obovatis apice rotundatis 0.4 cm. longis paululo patulis colore dilute roseis; staminibus 8 calycis faucibus biser- iatim insertis, filamentis brevissimis, antheris ovoideis vix 0.1 cm. longis; stigmate breviter 4-maniculato ca. 0.1 cm. longo valde exserto; fructibus ignotis.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: wooded banks of Rio Chiriqui Viejo about 1 mile below Monte Lirio, alt. about 5000 ft., June 30, 1935, Seibert 182 (Herb. Missouri Bot. Gar- den, TYPE).
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Note
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This species is closely related to F. Seleriana Loes. of Guate- mala and F. Hemsleyana which occurs in the valley of the up- per Rio Chiriqui Viejo as well (Seibert 162). From the former F. pulchella may be distinguished by the glabrous foliage, and smaller, glabrous flowers; from the latter by the membrana- ceous texture of the foliage, essentially glabrous stems, and relatively more conspicuous petals. The flowering material available for collection was insufficient to determine whether the flowers are unisexual, polygamous, or polygamodioecious.
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