Thursday, 24 July 2014
Fuchsia is a genus
of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on
the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti)
about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier during
his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the
renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). There
are currently almost 110 recognized species of Fuchsia. Source
