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'''''Fouquieria''''' is a [[genus]] of 11 [[species]] of [[desert]] [[plant]]s, the sole genus in the [[Family (biology)|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 [[leaf|leaves]] on the bases spikes. They are unrelated to [[cactus|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 [[United States|US]] states of [[Arizona]], southern [[California]], [[New Mexico]], and parts of southwestern [[Texas]], favoring low, arid hillsides.
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Fouquieria (Pierre Ed. Fouquier, professor of medicine at Paris in the first part of the nineteenth century). Fouquieriaceae. Candlewood. Four species from the deserts of Mexico and one extending into the United States and sometimes cultivated in the larger rockeries of California. These plants are interesting as being an example of an order far removed from the Cactaceae in flowers and fruit but reduced to something of their habit by the desert conditions.
Fouquieria (Pierre Ed. Fouquier, professor of medicine at Paris in the first part of the nineteenth century). Fouquieriaceae. Candlewood. Four species from the deserts of Mexico and one extending into the United States and sometimes cultivated in the larger rockeries of California. These plants are interesting as being an example of an order far removed from the Cactaceae in flowers and fruit but reduced to something of their habit by the desert conditions.
F. splendens is the ocotilla, coach-whip cactus, vine cactus, or Jacob's staff of the Southwest, a spiny cactus-like shrub used by the Mexicans to make impenetrable hedges. A useful wax is obtained from the cortex of this species. The cortex is also used medicinally. This species is in cultivation in the larger rockeries of California.{{SCH}}
F. splendens is the ocotilla, coach-whip cactus, vine cactus, or Jacob's staff of the Southwest, a spiny cactus-like shrub used by the Mexicans to make impenetrable hedges. A useful wax is obtained from the cortex of this species. The cortex is also used medicinally. This species is in cultivation in the larger rockeries of California.{{SCH}}
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