Hoya mirabilis Kidyoo

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Scientific name

Hoya mirabilis
Kidyoo

Clade/Class

Mesangiosperms

Group

Spermatophytes

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Hoya

Clade/Subclass

Asterids

Order

Gentianales

Sub Family

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe

_

A small climbing epiphyte. Leaves coriaceous, ovate, elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire, faintly recurved; apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate to attenuate. Inflorescences extra-axillary, slightly concave in top view, 5-16 flowered. Calyx greenish to reddish-brown, lobes nearly divided, ovate-oblong, apex obtuse, margin ciliate, inside with one small gland at base between lobes. Corolla creamy to yellowish-white, adaxial surface densely pubescent with long straight hair at base and margin of lobes, otherwise glabrous; lobes reflexed, revolute, triangular-ovate, apex acute. Corona yellowish-white, coronal scales ovate-oblong. Pollinia obliquely oblong, yellow, apex truncate, margins pellucid extending over all the dorsal margins of pollinarium. Pistil 2 ovaries, glabrous. Follicles linear-lanceolate in outline. Seeds oblong.

Habitat

On tree trunks and branches, occurs in both semi-exposed and shady areas in hill evergreen forest, alt. 1050 – 1100 m.

Locality

Khao Leam, Suan Phung, Ratchaburi Province

Date of collection

01/07/2011

Type specimen

M. Kidyoo 1503 (holo BCU; iso BKF)