Biology:Hoya pubicalyx
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Short description: Species of plant
Hoya pubicalyx | |
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Hoya pubicalyx growing at the Jardin botanique de Lyon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Hoya |
Species: | H. pubicalyx
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Binomial name | |
Hoya pubicalyx Merr.
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Hoya pubicalyx is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to the Philippines .[1] Sometimes confused for Hoya carnosa,[2] it has succulent, lanceolate foliage and grows in a vining habit epiphytically.[3] Kept as a houseplant in temperate climates, it can be found in variegated forms in nurseries. The Philippine five-centavo coin of the New Generation Currency Series features the flowers of this plant.
References
- ↑ "Hoya pubicalyx Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 331 (1918).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=507097
- ↑ Dortort, Fred (2014-11-19) (in en). The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World: A Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species. Timber Press. pp. 196. ISBN 978-1-60469-357-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=5sJAPAfPkXQC.
- ↑ Wanntorp, Livia (2007). "Pollinaria of Hoya (Marsdenieae, Apocynaceae): Shedding Light on Molecular Phylogenetics". Taxon 56 (2): 465–478. doi:10.1002/tax.562017. ISSN 0040-0262. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25065801.
Wikidata ☰ Q1632113 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya pubicalyx.
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