Fouquieria is a genus of desert plants in the family
Fouquieriaceae including the ocotillo and the
boojum tree. They have succulent stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with leaves on the spikes. They are unrelated to
cacti and do not look much like them; their stems are proportionately thinner than cactus stems and their leaves are larger.
- Kingdom Plantae
- Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants
- Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons[?]
- Order Solanales (has also been placed in Ericales, Violales[?], and Fouquieriales)
- Family Fouquieriaceae
- Genus Fouquieria
Ocotillos[?]
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/fouquier.htm
as of 2002-06-01
- F. splendens (ocotillo)
- F. columnaris (boojum tree) - also called Idria columnaris
(There are 11 others but I haven't found a complete list.)