''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern

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. known collectively as water roots, a reference to their characteristic bulbous caudex, which is edible in at least some species.

Taxonomy

The species '' Fockea multiflora'' is sister to the other four species, and '' Fockea angustifolia'' is sister to the remaining four. ;Species # '' 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5863412 Apocynaceae genera Caudiciform plants