Fouquieriaceae

W/C = Wild Collected

Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

Common Name: Ocotillo, Coach-whip, Vine Cactus
Family: Fouquieriaceae DC.

Country of Origin: Mexico, Baja California
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Description: A succulent plant from Mexico with numerous grooved, narrow, spiny stems and eventually bearing numerous, very attractive red flowers.
See A study of Idria columnaris and Fouquieria splendens by R. R. Humphrey, American Journal of Botany © 1935 Botanical Society of America {access limited to JSTOR subscribing institutions}

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Accession Data:

Accession # 199200007
Source: Unknown
Accession Date: 12-31-1992
Bench: 2214 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2011

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: asterids
Order: Ericales
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Family: Fouquieriaceae
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Fouquieriaceae

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