Fuchsia procumbens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Fuchsia |
| Species: | F. procumbens |
| Binomial name | |
| Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.[1] | |
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Fuchsia procumbens is a prostrate shrub that is endemic to coastal areas of the North Island of New Zealand. Common names include creeping fuchsia, climbing fuchsia or trailing fuchsia.[2] It belongs to a South Pacific lineage that diverged from all other fuschias around 30 million years ago. F. procumbens diverged from the other New Zealand (and Tahitian) species around 18 million years ago.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fuchsia procumbens R.Cunn.". The Plant List. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "Fuchsia procumbens". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ Berry, Paul E., William J. Hahn, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Jocelyn C. Hall, and Austin Mast (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) based on noncoding nuclear and chloroplast DNA data". American Journal of Botany 91 (4): 601–14.
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