Fuchsia procumbens
| 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 fuchsias 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 & 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. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.4.601.
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