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Fouquieriaceae

Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

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  • 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: 1315 - S Bench - Fynbos
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-03-2008
Classification:

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