Hoya polyneura
Hoya polyneura, commonly known as the fishtail hoya,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya found from the Himalayas to northwest Yunnan.[2] This species has a pendant, epiphytic growth habit, and its common name derives from the mermaid's tail shape and fine venation of the leaves.
| Hoya polyneura | |
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| Hoya polyneura grown as a houseplant | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Hoya |
| Species: | H. polyneura |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoya polyneura Hook.f. | |
References
- Graf, Alfred Byrd (1986). Tropica: Color Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants and Trees for Warm-region Horticulture--in Cool Climate the Summer Garden Or Sheltered Indoors. Roehrs Company. ISBN 978-0-911266-23-8.
- "Hoya polyneura Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 54 (1883).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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