Biology:Hoya retusa
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Hoya retusa | |
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| Hoya retusa potted as a houseplant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Hoya |
| Species: | H. retusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoya retusa Govaerts
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Hoya retusa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to India and the eastern Himalayas.[1] It is an epiphyte.[2][3] The plant's specific epithet retusa refers to the shape, with retuse meaning it has a rounded leaf apex with a notch. It grows in a trailing habit and the foliage is succulent.[4] Hoya retusa grows in clumps with long stems hanging downwards. The leaves arise in clusters. The flowers are fragrant, star-shaped having creamy petals and red corona at center.[5]
References
- ↑ "Hoya retusa Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 294 (1852).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=507127
- ↑ (in en) The Indian Forester. R.P. Sharma. 1906. https://books.google.com/books?id=x79OAAAAMAAJ&dq=Hoya+retusa&pg=PA61.
- ↑ (in en) Records of the Botanical Survey of India. Office of Superintendent of Government Print., India. 1902. https://books.google.com/books?id=AkwYAAAAYAAJ&dq=Hoya+retusa&pg=PA386.
- ↑ Wanntorp, Livia; Forster, Paul I. (2007). "Phylogenetic Relationships between Hoya and the Monotypic Genera Madangia, Absolmsia, and Micholitzia (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae): Insights from Flower Morphology". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94 (1): 36–55. doi:10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[36:PRBHAT2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0026-6493. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40035493.
- ↑ "Hoya Retusa: Care And Propagation - Succulent Path" (in en-US). 2022-10-23. https://succulentpath.com/hoya-retusa/.
Wikidata ☰ Q18073613 entry
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