Fuchsia paniculata subsp. mixensis
Distribution: Known only from central Oaxaca, Mexico, in Distrito Mixe and Distrito dr Ixtla'n, in dense montane rainforest and mixed oak-conifer forest between 1700 and 2500 m elevation.
Habit: Erect shrub 2.5-4 m tall, gynodioecious; branchlets ascending. 5-30 cm long, finely pubescent with hairs 0.2-0.4 mm long.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, membranous. the blade elliptic, 11-25 cm long, 4-10 cm wide. puberulent on the lower surface along the veins, becoming glabrescent on the upper surface but short hairs often present along the veins secondary veins 14-18 on either side of the midvein, apex acute to subacuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin gland-denticulate; petiole 10-25 mm long, puberulent; stipules narrowly triangular, dark brown, 0.3-0.7 rnm wide, 1.0-1.5 mm long, crassate. soon deciduous.
Flowers: Flowers erect and numerous in terminal di- to trichotomously branched panicles, 10-20 cm long X 10-15 cm wide, narrowly leaflike, quickly deciduous bracteoles 1-3 mm long present at branching points of the panicle. Perfect Flowers: Pedicels slender, 15-20 mm long, finely pubescent, ovary oblong, puberulent, 2-3 mm long, buds noticeably wider at the tip than below, 4-5 mm wide at the apex before opening, floral tube cylindric-conical, reddish pink to magenta, sparsely puberulent to subglabrous externally, 4-5 mm long at anthesis, 2-2.5 mm wide at the rim, 1-1.5 mm wide at the base, sepals narrowly oblong, 8-10 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, soon becoming reflexed back against the floral tube. the apex acute, petals obovate, pink-lavender, 4 4 mm long, 2-4.5 mm wide, nectary 1.2-1.5 mm high, slightly lobed, adnate to the bottom of the floral tube, filaments lavender, 7-11 mm long, anthers oblong, ca. 2 X 1 mm, style 14-18 mm long, exserted 10-13 mm beyond the rim of the tube, stigma capitate, + 4-angled, 1.5-2 mm wide, fruit subglobose, 5-7 mm in diameter, mature seeds not seen. Female flowers: Similar to the perfect ones except in the following characters: pedicels 9-14 mm long, floral tube cylindrical, 3.54.5 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide at the rim, 1-1.5 mm wide at the base, sepals 6-7 mm long, pa. 1.5 mm wide at the base, petals 3.5-4.5 mm long, 2-2.5 mnl wide, filaments 3-4 mm long, sterile anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm long, nectary ca. 1.5 mm high, style 13-14 mm long, stigma square-capitate, with 4 noticeable lobes, 2-2.5 mm wide, exserted 8-9 mm beyond the rim of the tube.