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 edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. pubicalyx
Binomial name
Hoya pubicalyx
Merr.

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


Wikidata ☰ Q1632113 entry