Fouquieria

Fouquieria
Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Fouquieriaceae DC.[2]
Genus:	Fouquieria Kunth[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Bronnia Kunth Idria Kellogg[1]

Fouquieria is a

Fouquieria species do not have a particularly close resemblance to any other sort of plants; genetic evidence has shown they belong in the Ericales. Before this, they had been variously placed in the Violales or their own order, Fouquieriales.^{[citation needed]}

The Seri people identify three species of Fouquieria in their area of Mexico: jomjéeziz or xomjéeziz (F. splendens), jomjéeziz caacöl (F. diguetii, Baja California tree ocotillo), and cototaj (F. columnaris, boojum).^[3]

Etymology

The genus is named after French physician Pierre Fouquier (1776-1850).

Ecology

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The spines of Fouquieria develop in an unusual way, from a woody thickening on the outer (lower) side of the leaf petiole, which remains after the leaf blade and most of the petiole separate and fall from the plant.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

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.^{[citation needed]}

Species

Fouquieria burragei Rose – gulf ocotillo[5] Fouquieria columnaris (Kellogg) Kellogg ex Curran – boojum tree[5] Fouquieria diguetii (Tiegh.) I.M.Johnst. – Adam's tree[5] Fouquieria fasciculata Nash Fouquieria formosa Kunth Fouquieria leonilae Miranda

Fouquieria macdougallii Nash Fouquieria ochoterenae Miranda Fouquieria purpusii Brandegee Fouquieria shrevei I.M.Johnst. Fouquieria splendens Engelm. – ocotillo[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Genus: Fouquieria Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network: Fouquieria. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
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3. ISBN 978-0-8165-0818-1
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4. ^ W. J. Robinson, 1904. The spines of Fouquieria. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 31(1):45–50
5. ^ ^{a b c} Rebman, J. P.; Gibson, J.; Rich, K. (2016). "Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). San Diego Society of Natural History. 45: 174.
6. ^ "Species Records of Fouquieria". Germplasm Resources Information Network: Fouquieria. Retrieved 2011-04-30.

• Moser, Mary B.; Stephen A. Marlett (2005). Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: Diccionario seri-español-inglés (PDF) (in Spanish and English). Hermosillo, Sonora: Universidad de Sonora and Plaza y Valdés Editores.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fouquieria.

Wikispecies has information related to Fouquieria.

• The Fouquieria Page at the National University of Mexico with photos of the species in the wild
• Fouquieriaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.