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Carr., Onagraceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? yes
Common name(s): [more details]
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English: earring flower, fuchsia, lady's eardrops |
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French: flambeau d'amour, fuchsia à grandes fleurs |
Habit: tree
Description: "Erect bushy shrubs or small trees 2-4.5 (-6) m tall; older stems usually hollow. Leaves opposite or ternate, sometimes alternate near uppermost branching nodes, narrowly to broadly elliptic or ovate, 5-20 (-23) cm long, 3-12 (-15) cm wide, upper surface puberulent to glabrate, lower surface puberulent, sometimes densely so, margins glandular denticulate, petioles 2-5 (-7) cm long. Flowers perfect, numerous in terminal, pendent racemes or few-branched panicles, pedicels slender, pendent, 5-12 (-16) mm long; floral tube red, narrowly funnelform, (25-) 30-60 (-70) mm long; sepals red, lanceolate, 10-20 mm long; petals scarlet, oblong to elliptic, 8-16 (-20) mm long; stamens exserted; filaments 8-15 mm long. Berries cylindrical, 10-26 mm long" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 996).
Habitat/ecology: Naturalized in mesic forests on Kauai, Hawaii, 3000-5000 elevation.
Propagation: Seed, possibly spread by birds.
Native range: From northern Argentina to southern Peru, often cultivated and widely naturalized (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 996).
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Kauai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 996) |
| Pacific Rim | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Colombia
Colombia |
Colombia (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009) |
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Ecuador (Mainland)
Ecuador |
Ecuador (Republic of) (continental) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009) |
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New Zealand
New Zealand |
New Zealand (country) |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 904)
"Scrub and much modified forest around settlements". |
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Perú
Perú |
Perú (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009) |
| Indian Ocean | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island |
La Réunion Island |
introduced
invasive |
MacDonald, I. A. W./Thebaud, C./Strahm, W. A./Strasberg, D. (1991) (pp. 51-61) |
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La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island |
La Réunion Island |
introduced
invasive |
Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
"Envahissant" |
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La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island |
La Réunion Island |
introduced
invasive |
Kueffer, C./Lavergne, C. (2004) (p. 5) |
Comments: On list of plants to be excluded from French Polynesia.
Additional information:
Additional online information about Fuchsia boliviana is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Information about Fuchsia boliviana as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Taxonomic information about Fuchsia boliviana may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
References:
Kueffer, C./Lavergne, C. 2004. Case studies on the status of invasive woody plant species in the western Indian Ocean. 4. R233;union. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Forestry Department, Forest Resources Division, Forest Resources Development Service, Working Paper FBS/4-4E. 37 pp.
Lavergne, Christophe. 2006. List des especes exotiques envahissantes a La Reunion. Unpublished manuscript (Excel file). .
MacDonald, I. A. W./Thebaud, C./Strahm, W. A./Strasberg, D. 1991. Effects of alien plant invasions on native vegetation remnants on La Reunion (Mascarenes Islands, Indian Ocean). Environmental Conservation 18 (1):51-61.
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2009. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawaii Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).
Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. 1988. Flora of New Zealand, Volume IV: Naturalised pteridophytes, gymnosperms, dicotyledons. Botany Division, DSIR, Christchurch. 1365 pp.