FOCKEA SINUATA
Author:
George Claridge Druce, 1917
Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Druce. (n.d.). In: Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 623 (1916 Publ. 1917).
Collection number:
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Thickness:
15 Centimetres
Height:
40 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/(Cuttings)
CITES:
Synonyms:
Brachystelma sinuatum, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1838.
Fockea undulata, N.E. Br.,1895.
This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by George Claridge Druce in 1917. It is found in Namibia and South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to fifteen centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 40 centimetres in height. The flowers are greyish-green.
The genera name after Charles Focke, 1802-1856, a Dutch botanist, collecting especially in Surinam. The species name means 'bent' or 'curved' for the edges for the leaves. *)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae. The flowers by The McNaughtons, Ispotnature.org.
Flower
Greyish - Green
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
