Fouquieria

Fouquieria
	Fouquieria diguetii
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Asterids
Order :	Heather-like (Ericales)
Family :	Fouquieriaceae
Genre :	Fouquieria
Scientific name of the family
	Fouquieriaceae
	DC.
Scientific name of the genus
	Fouquieria
	Kunth

Fouquieria is the only genus of the monogeneric family of the Fouquieriaceae within the order of the heather-like (Ericales), with only eleven species . The generic name honors the French doctor Pierre Fouquier (1776–1850).

Fouquieria splendens

description

Fouquieria columnaris

Fouquieria macdougalii

Fouquieria species are xeromorphic shrubs with mostly upright branches. Some species can reach a height of up to 15 meters. There are two types of sheets. The simple, full-margined leaves are alternate and spirally arranged on short shoots , they usually only appear after rainfall. There are thorns on long shoots . The second type of leaves are located around the mandrel in several groups.

After rains, in spring, the plants begin to bloom. Many flowers are grouped in paniculate , spiked or racemose inflorescences . The hermaphroditic, five-fold flowers have a double perianth . There are five free, unequal sepals . The five red, pale purple, cream-colored or yellow petals are fused tubular. There are ten or more (up to 23) free stamens . Three carpels have become a top permanent ovary grown. Each ovary compartment usually has 14 to 18 (6 to 20) ovules . The three styles are only partially fused.

Fouquieria species form tripartite capsule fruits . The seeds are winged.

Systematics and distribution

Fouquieria species are native to southwestern North America (USA and Mexico). Synonyms for Fouquieria are: Bronnia Kunth , Philetaeria Liebm. and Idria Kellogg .

The genus Fouquieria includes the following species:

Fouquieria burragei Rose : It occurs in eastern Baja California .
Fouquieria columnaris (Kellogg) Kellogg ex Curran : It occurs in the Mexican states of Baja California , Baja California Sur and in northwestern Sonora .
Fouquieria diguetii (Tiegh.) IMJohnst. : It occurs in Baja California and Sonora.
Fouquieria fasciculata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Nash : It occurs in the southern Mexican state of Hidalgo.
Fouquieria formosa Kunth : It occurs in central and southern Mexico.
Fouquieria leonilae Miranda : It occurs in the central Mexican state of Guerrero.
Fouquieria macdougalii Nash : It occurs in the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua.
Fouquieria ochoterenae Miranda : It occurs in southwestern Puebla and in northwestern Oaxaca.
Fouquieria purpusii Brandegee : It occurs in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla.
Fouquieria shrevei I.M.Johnst. : It occurs in western Coahuila.
Fouquieria splendens Engelm. : It occurs in Mexico and in Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico and Texas. With the subspecies:
- Fouquieria splendens subsp. breviflora Henrickson : It occurs in west-central Mexico.
- Fouquieria splendens supsp. campanulata (Nash) Henrickson : It occurs only in the Mexican state of Durango.
- Fouquieria splendens subsp. splendens : It occurs from southern California to southwest Texas and northern Mexico.

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The family of Fouquieriaceae in APWebsite. (English)
The Fouquieriaceae family at DELTA. (English)
Fouquieriaceae at the Jepson Flora Project.

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli (Ed.): Succulents Lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 253-255 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Fouquieria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Fouquieria. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved October 26, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Fouquieria - collection of images, videos and audio files

Overview of the family Fouquieriaceae and location pictures with descriptions of the species

[1] Urs Eggli (Ed.): Succulents Lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 253-255 .

[GRIN-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Fouquieria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

[WCSP-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Fouquieria. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved October 26, 2018.