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Taxon:  Fuchsia magellanica Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Fuchsia
Family:
Onagraceae
Subfamily:
Onagroideae
Tribe:
Circaeeae
Nomen number:
71085
Place of publication:
Encycl. 2:565. 1788
Verified:
05/24/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fuchsia gracilis Lindl.
Fuchsia macrostemma Ruiz & Pav.
Fuchsia magellanica Lam. var. alba Clarence Elliott
Fuchsia magellanica Lam. var. gracilis (Lindl.) L. H. Bailey
Fuchsia magellanica Lam. var. riccartonii hort. ex L. H. Bailey
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Berry, P. E. 1989. A systematic revision of Fuchsia section Quelusia (Onagraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76:561-568.
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Correa, M. N. Flora patagonica. 1969-
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  11. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile. 1985
  12. Moore, D. M. Flora of Tierra del Fuego. 1983
  13. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  14. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  15. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  16. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
English
fuchsia –
hardy fuchsia –
German
scharlach Fuchsie –
Portuguese (Brazil)
brinco-de-princesa –
fúcsia –
Swedish
scharlakansfuchsia –
späd scharlakansfuchsia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChubut 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaNeuquen 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaRio Negro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Cruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTierra del Fuego 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chubut, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego], Chile
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=71085. Accessed 13 May 2026.

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