Named after, apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia#Taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia#Taxonomy > The first to be scientifically describ

Named after, apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia#Taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia#Taxonomy > The first to be scientifically described, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim friar and botanist, Charles Plumier, during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia_triphylla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia_triphylla .