Fockea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Fockeeae
Genus: Fockea
Species: F. angustifolia – F. capensis – F. comaru – F. edulis – F. multiflora – F. sinuata
Name

Fockea Endl. in S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 17 (1839)

Type species: Fockea capensis Endl. in S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 17 (1839)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chymocormus Harv., London J. Bot. 1: 23 (1842)

References

Endlicher, S.L. 1839. Novarum Stirpium Decades: 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Fockea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Fockea. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Fockea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22.

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 Fockea angustifolia is sister to the remaining four.[1]

Species[4][5]

Fockea angustifolia K.Schum. - South Africa
Fockea capensis Endl. - South Africa
Fockea comaru (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
Fockea edulis (Thunb.) K.Schum. - South Africa
Fockea multiflora K.Schum. - South Africa
Fockea sinuata (E.Mey.) Druce - South Africa

References

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.
National Research Council (2006). Lost crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. p. 269. ISBN 0-309-66582-5.
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).
The Plant List
Faucon, Philippe. "Fockea". Desert Tropicals. Retrieved 25 October 2013.