Hoya bhutanica

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Hoya bhutanica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. bhutanica
Binomial name
Hoya bhutanica
Grierson & D.G.Long

Hoya bhutanica is a species of epiphytic climbing shrub endemic to Bhutan. [2] It is currently classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List. [1]

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Description

It is similar to Hoya parasitica, with slender stems to at least 5 meters. The leaves are fleshy, elliptic to narrowly so in shape, with acuminate apex. The leaf base is cuneate with three nerves at the base. Flower lobes are white with a purple centre. It is an extensive glabrous creeper. [3]

Range

Hoya bhutanica is currently known only from Bhutan. [2]

Habitat

It is an epiphyte on trees in dense forest. [3]

Ecology

It is mainly found in the tropical biome that is damp. [4]

Etymology

The species epithet was given in the name of the country (Bhutan) where the holotype of this species was found.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hoya bhutanica: Bhutan Endemic Flowering Plants Workshop: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T84487492A84548403". IUCN Red List. 26 November 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T84487492A84548403.en.
  2. 1 2 National Biodiversity Centre, Bhutan (11 November 2015). Plants Endemic to Bhutan Himalaya. ISBN   9789993676355.
  3. 1 2 Grierson, Andrew J. C.; Long, David G. (1999). Flora of Bhutan: including a record of plants from Sikkim and Darjeeling. Edinburgh [S.l.]: Royal botanic garden Royal government of Bhutan. ISBN   1872291430.
  4. ↑ "Hoya bhutanica Grierson & D.G.Long | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 January 2024.


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