Fouquieria
Fouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert plants, the sole genus in the family Fouquieriaceae. The genus 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 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.
These plants are native to northern Mexico and the bordering US states of Arizona, southern California, New Mexico, and parts of southwestern Texas, favoring low, arid hillsides.
ExpandRead about Fouquieria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Species
- Fouquieria burragei Rose
- Fouquieria columnaris (Kellog) Kellog ex Curran
- Fouquieria diguetii (Tiegh.) I.M.Johnst.
- Fouquieria fasciculata Nash
- Fouquieria formosa Kunth
- Fouquieria leonilae Miranda
- Fouquieria macdougalii Nash
- Fouquieria ochoterenae Miranda
- Fouquieria purpusii Brandegee
- Fouquieria shrevei I.M.Johnst.
- Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
They do not have a particularly close resemblance to any other sort of plants; genetic evidence has shown that they belong in the Ericales. Prior to this, they had been variously placed in the Violales or their own order Fouquieriales.wp
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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