Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants, mostly shrubs, and can grow long shoots, which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late-17th century, and named by Plumier in 1703 after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).The English name fuchsias is frequently misspelled "fuschias".
There are about 100–110 species of Fuchsia.
