''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa. known collectively as water roots, a reference to their characteristic bulbous

caudex A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695 In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...

, which is edible in at least some species.

Taxonomy

The species ''

Fockea multiflora ''Fockea multiflora'', or python vine, is a plant of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, including the Caprivi Strip, and Malawi. It is a large semisucculent liana, grow ...

'' is sister to the other four species, and ''

Fockea angustifolia ''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa. 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 s ...

'' is sister to the remaining four. ;Species # ''

'' K.Schum. - South Africa # ''

Fockea capensis ''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa. 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 ...

'' Endl. - South Africa # ''

Fockea comaru ''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa. 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 ...

'' (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - South Africa # ''

Fockea edulis ''Fockea edulis'' is a species of caudiciform plant in the family Apocynaceae that is native to South Africa and Namibia. Taxonomy Karl Moritz Schumann described this species in 1895. A common name is Hottentot bread due to the milky, somewhat ...

'' (Thunb.) K.Schum. - South Africa # ''

'' K.Schum. - South Africa # ''

Fockea sinuata ''Fockea'' is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa. 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 ...

'' (E.Mey.) Druce - South Africa

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5863412 Apocynaceae genera Caudiciform plants