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# ''[[Fockea comaru]]'' <small>(E.Mey.) N.E.Br.</small> - A tuberous geophyte found primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome, ranging from southern [[Namibia]] to South Africa's Cape Provinces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fockea comaru (E.Mey.) N.E.Br.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97434-1|work=Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew|accessdate=24 Jun 2023}}</ref>
# ''[[Fockea comaru]]'' <small>(E.Mey.) N.E.Br.</small> - A tuberous geophyte found primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome, ranging from southern [[Namibia]] to South Africa's Cape Provinces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fockea comaru (E.Mey.) N.E.Br.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97434-1|work=Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew|accessdate=24 Jun 2023}}</ref>
# ''[[Fockea edulis]]'' <small>(Thunb.) K.Schum.</small> - A climbing tuberous geophyte found primarily in the subtropical biome, ranging from the southern Cape Provinces to [[KwaZulu-Natal]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97438-1|work=Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew|accessdate=24 Jun 2023}}</ref>
# ''[[Fockea edulis]]'' <small>(Thunb.) K.Schum.</small> - A climbing tuberous geophyte found primarily in the subtropical biome, ranging from the southern Cape Provinces to [[KwaZulu-Natal]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97438-1|work=Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew|accessdate=24 Jun 2023}}</ref>
# ''[[Fockea multiflora]]'' <small>K.Schum.</small> - A semisucculent [[liana]] growing primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome, ranging from Tanzania to northern Namibia. It is native to [[Angola]], [[Botswana]], [[Caprivi Strip]], [[Mozambique]], [[Namibia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fockea multiflora K.Schum.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97445-1|work=Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew|accessdate=24 Jun 2023}}</ref>
# ''[[Fockea multiflora]]'' <small>K.Schum.</small> - South Africa
# ''[[Fockea sinuata]]'' <small>(E.Mey.) Druce</small> - South Africa
# ''[[Fockea sinuata]]'' <small>(E.Mey.) Druce</small> - South Africa


Revision as of 22:03, 24 June 2023

Fockea
Potted Fockea edulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Fockeeae
Genus: Fockea
Endl.

Fockea is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa.[1] known collectively as water roots, a reference to their characteristic bulbous caudex, which is edible in at least some species.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Fockea multiflora is a widely distributed but exclusively tropical species, sister to the other five species. Fockea angustifolia, also widely distributed, is mainly tropical, and sister to the remaining four species, which are endemic to southern Africa.[1]

Species[4][5]
  1. Fockea angustifolia K.Schum. — A climbing tuberous geophyte found primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome, ranging from Southeast Kenya to South Africa.[6]
  2. Fockea capensis Endl. — A climbing tuberous geophyte found primarily in the subtropical biome; its native range is the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.[7]
  3. Fockea comaru (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - A tuberous geophyte found primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome, ranging from southern Namibia to South Africa's Cape Provinces.[8]
  4. Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum. - A climbing tuberous geophyte found primarily in the subtropical biome, ranging from the southern Cape Provinces to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[9]
  5. Fockea multiflora K.Schum. - A semisucculent liana growing primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome, ranging from Tanzania to northern Namibia. It is native to Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[10]
  6. Fockea sinuata (E.Mey.) Druce - South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b Bruyns, P. V.; Klak, C. (2006). "A Systematic Study of the Old World Genus Fockea (Apocynaceae–Asclepiadoideae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 93 (4): 535. doi:10.3417/0026-6493(2006)93[535:ASSOTO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0026-6493.
  2. ^ National Research Council (2006). Lost crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. p. 269. ISBN 0-309-66582-5.
  3. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ^ "Fockea Endl". WFO Plant List. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
  5. ^ Faucon, Philippe. "Fockea". Desert Tropicals. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Fockea angustifolia K.Schum". Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
  7. ^ "Fockea capensis Endl". Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
  8. ^ "Fockea comaru (E.Mey.) N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
  9. ^ "Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum". Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
  10. ^ "Fockea multiflora K.Schum". Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 24 Jun 2023.
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