(Last Modified On 5/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/30/2013)
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Genus
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Hoya R. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 26. 1811.
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Note
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TYPE: H. carnosa (L.) R. Br.
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Description
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Mostly epiphytic vines; stems glabrous, subligneous. Leaves thick and fleshy on usually stout petioles. Inflorescences racemose but appearing umbelliform, the rachis gradually lengthening with the flowering season. Flowers pedicellate, showy, pink, white, purple, or rarely yellow; calyx lobes small, inconspicuous, usually glabrous; corolla rotate, fleshy and often waxy-appearing, the lobes flat, convex, or sometimes reflexed, glabrous or pubescent; corona segments prominent, the lower segments appearing star-like or ascending along the sta- minal column and fleshy, the upper lobes usually in the form of an erect tooth resting against the anther, staminal column short, connivent over the stigma head; pollinia erect. Fruit a single or pair of follicles, slender or thickened, fusiform to oblong; seeds comose.
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Habit
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vines
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Distribution
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A genus of perhaps 80-100 mostly Asian species, no more than 3 or 4 species, of which the following is by far the most popular, are commonly encountered in cultivation.
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