Hoya curtisii
Appearance
Hoya curtisii | |
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Hoya curtisii at the United States Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Hoya |
Species: | H. curtisii
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Binomial name | |
Hoya curtisii |
Hoya curtisii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya. It is native to Southeast Asia across Thailand, the Philippines, Borneo, and Malaysia.[1] The species has easily recognizable foliage among Hoyas with small, pointed leaves and silver variegation. Like many Hoyas, it grows as a creeping epiphyte.[2]
References
- ^ "Hoya curtisii King & Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 563 (1908)", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1995. p. 141.
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