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Fouquieria
Sign in to saveFouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert flowering plants, the sole genus in the family Fouquieriaceae. The genus is native to North America and includes the ocotillo (F. splendens) and the Boojum tree or cirio (F. columnaris). They have semi succulent stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with leaves on the bases of the spikes. They are unrelated to cacti and do not look much like them; their stems are proportionately thinner than cactus stems and their leaves are larger.
Species
ocotillo
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyFouquieriaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 113
- With media
- 74
- Family
- Fouquieriaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, FC-UNAM, GH, SD, UCMP, RSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Taxonomic history
- Etymology
- Ecology
- Distribution and habitat
- Species
- References
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Fouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert flowering plants, the sole genus in the family Fouquieriaceae. The genus is native to North America and includes the ocotillo (F. splendens) and the Boojum tree or cirio (F. columnaris). They have semi succulent stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with leaves on the bases of the spikes. They are unrelated to cacti and do not look much like them; their stems are proportionately thinner than cactus stems and their leaves are larger.
== Taxonomy ==
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