Hoya phuluangensis Kidyoo

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Scientific name

Hoya phuluangensis
Kidyoo

Clade/Class

Mesangiosperms

Group

Spermatophytes

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Hoya

Clade/Subclass

Asterids

Order

Gentianales

Sub Family

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe

_

Climbing epiphyte with white latex in all parts. Leaves opposite; blade thick, rigid, coriaceous, obovate or oblanceolate, 5.7–12 × 2.4–3 cm; margins entire, glabrous; apex acuminate, slightly recurved; base acute to obtuse with a small colleter. Inflorescences extra-axillary, 3–10–flowered. Calyx creamy to pinkish white, lobes 5, nearly divided to the base, ovate-triangular,apex acute. Corolla rotate, white or creamy or pinkish white, waxy, 2.3–2.7 cm in diam.; corolla tube shallowly cup-shaped; corolla lobes ovate-triangular, spreading when in full bloom; margins slightly revolute; apex acute, slightly revolute. Corona less than half the size of the corolla. Follicles single or paired, fusiform. Seeds ovate-elliptic; coma 2–2.5 cm long.

Habitat

climbing on tree trunks and branches, in shady areas in hill evergreen forest from 1,400 m a.s.l.

Locality

Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary, Loei province

Date of collection

11/05/2008

Type specimen

M. Kidyoo 1014 (holotype BKF, isotype BCU)