Fuchsia paniculata Lindl., Onagraceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  yes

Common name(s): [more details]

English: fuchsia, lady's eardrops

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Gynodioecious or subdioecious, erect shrubs to small trees 3-8 m tall, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4 per node, subcoriaceous, elliptic to oblanceolate, 5-15.5 cm long, 2-5.5 cm wide, margins minutely to coarsely serrate, petioles 0.8-2.5 cm long, stipules triangular, often connate, 0.8-1.2 mm long, caducous. Flowers numerous, erect, in terminal, branched panicles; perfect flowers with pedicels 8-12 mm long, floral tube 4-8 mm long, with a smooth to irregularly lobed nectary at base, sepals rose purple, 5-10 mm long, spreading to reflexed at anthesis, petals lavender, 4-10 mm long, erect to spreading, staminal filaments opposite the sepals 4-13 mm long, those opposite the petals 2-11 mm long; pistillate flowers similar to perfect ones except floral tube 3-5.5 mm long, sepals 3.5-7 mm long, petals 2.3-4.5 mm long, staminal filaments opposite the sepals 1.5-4.9 mm long, those opposite the petals 1-4 mm long. Berries dark purple, glaucous, subglobose, 4-9 mm long" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 997).

Habitat/ecology:  In Hawai‘i, wet forest at approximately 3,000-5,000 ft. elevation (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 997).

Propagation:  Seed, possibly spread by birds.

Native range:  Central Mexico to Panama.

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997) Voucher cited: Degener & Degener 31130 (BISH)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Costa Rica Costa Rica	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)
El Salvador El Salvador	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)
Guatemala Guatemala	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)
Honduras Honduras	Honduras (Republic of)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)
Nicaragua Nicaragua	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997)

Comments:  Would be a threat only at higher elevations in the tropics.

Additional information:  Additional online information about Fuchsia paniculata is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Fuchsia paniculata may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

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 Hawai‘i Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).