Hoya retusa

Hoya retusa
Hoya retusa potted as a houseplant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. retusa
Binomial name
Hoya retusa
Govaerts

Hoya retusa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to India and the eastern Himalayas.[1] It is an epiphyte.[2][3] The plant's specific epithet retusa refers to the shape, with retuse meaning it has a rounded leaf apex with a notch. It grows in a trailing habit and the foliage is succulent.[4] Hoya retusa grows in clumps with long stems hanging downwards. The leaves arise in clusters. The flowers are fragrant, star-shaped having creamy petals and red corona at center.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hoya retusa Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 294 (1852).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ The Indian Forester. R.P. Sharma. 1906.
  3. ^ Records of the Botanical Survey of India. Office of Superintendent of Government Print., India. 1902.
  4. ^ Wanntorp, Livia; Forster, Paul I. (2007). "Phylogenetic Relationships between Hoya and the Monotypic Genera Madangia, Absolmsia, and Micholitzia (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae): Insights from Flower Morphology". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 94 (1): 36–55. doi:10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[36:PRBHAT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 40035493. S2CID 83695201.
  5. ^ "Hoya Retusa: Care And Propagation - Succulent Path". 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-16.

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