Fouquieria columnaris, known as the boojum tree or cirio, is a tree in the ocotillo family, whose other members include the ocotillos. Some taxonomists place it in the separate genus Idria. It grows almost exclusively on the Baja California Peninsula, with a small additional population in Sonora, Mexico. Its common name, boojum, comes from Godfrey Sykes of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, who took the name from a creature in a poem by Lewis Carroll. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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Source Fouquieria columnaris (Wikidata)
In Biome
Desert, Biomes Source Fouquieria columnaris (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
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1. Fouquieria columnaris (Wikipedia)
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Fouquieria columnaris, the Boojum tree or cirio (Latin American Spanish: [ˈsiɾjo]) is a tree in the ocotillo family, whose other members include the ocotillos.
View the Source 2. Fouquieria columnaris (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q143016 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q143016
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Desert, Introduction
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