Fockea

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Fockea
Fockea edulis 001.jpg
Potted Fockea edulis
Scientific classification e
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[]

The species Fockea multiflora is sister to the other four species, and is sister to the remaining four.[1]

Species[4][5]
  1. K.Schum. - South Africa
  2. Endl. - South Africa
  3. (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
  4. Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum. - South Africa
  5. Fockea multiflora K.Schum. - South Africa
  6. (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. ^ The Plant List
  5. ^ Faucon, Philippe. "Fockea". Desert Tropicals. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
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