Tipos: "This fine species of Fuchsia was raised from Mexican seed [sphalm. por "Chilean seed"; véase Edinburgh Philos. J. 11: 206. 1824], in the Botanic Garden at Edinburgh, in 1822; whence a figure was obtained for the Botanical Magazine, in which work it has been published, p. 2507, under the name of F. decussata." (probable ejemplar tipo, K 000742303).
