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Fouquieriaceae

Called “ocotillo” in GBIF

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 and the Boojum tree or cirio. 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.

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12
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
1
research article
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Plants in this family

1 plant

Genera in this family

With one plant each: Fouquieria (Ocotillo).

Research on Fouquieriaceae

1 article

Ocotillo's lab-grown cells follow a strict, orderly growth blueprint

The desert ocotillo you've seen fencing off yards across the Southwest turns out to grow new tiss...

What science is finding about Fouquieriaceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.