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In the wild, the genus Fuchsia (Onagraceae) comprises about 100 species, living mainly in the mountains of South and Central America, with a small section in the Pacific. Some species were introduced into Europe at the end of the 18th century as garden plants.

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Bouharmont, J., Dabin, P. (1990). Somaclonal Variation in Fuchsia . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02636-6_24

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