Fuchsia hatschbachii
Distribution: In low forests on limestone or sandstone outcrops, in the planalto north and west of Curitiba, Parana, between 950 and 1,150 m.
Habit: Erect to scandent shrubs 1- 3 m tall or climbers in trees to 5 m above ground. Branchlets glabrous, dull purple, older branches ascending on small shrubs or decumbent in large or climbing plants.
Leaves: Leaves mostly opposite, occasionally in whorls of 3-4, firmly membranous to subcoriaceous, narrowly lance-ovate, generally 3 times longer than wide, 3.0-7.5(-11.0) cm long, 0.8-2.5(-3.0) cm side, apex attenuate to acuminate, base rounded to narrowly subcordate, sublustrous dark green above, pale below and glabrous on both sides except for small tufts of hairs 0.8-1 mm long at the base of the lower midvein in some plants; margin remotely gland-denticulate, secondary veins 5-6(-7) per side. Petioles wine purple, (2-)3-6(-7) mm long, 1-2 mm thick, canaliculate above, at times making a marked angle at the junction with the midvein. Stipules narrowly triangular, 1-1.7 mm long, 0.6-1.2 mm wide, adjacent ones occasionally fused, semideciduous.
Flowers: Flowers glabrous and solitary in upper leafaxils, pedicels pendulous, (10-)2030 mm long, ovary cylindrical, 5-9 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, floral tube cylindrical, 10-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, nectary 3-5 mm high, sepals 18-26 mm long, connate at the base for 2-6 mm, free lobes 3.5-5 mm wide at the base, spreading at anthesis. Tube and sepals red, petals violet, broadly obovate, 12-1 7 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, filaments red, 40-45 mm and 32-40 mm long, anthers red-purple, 3-3.5 mm long, 11.5 mm wide, style red, loosely pilose in lower half, stigma 2-3 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, exserted 15-20 mm beyond the anthers.
Fruit: Berry subcylindrical, ± 4-angled, 13-18 mm long, 7-10 mm thick, purple when ripe.
Seeds: seeds oblong-triangular, 1.4-1.8 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide.
Chromosomes: Gametic chromosome number n = 22.
Notes: Flowers mainly from November to March.