Hoya pubicalyx | |
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Hoya pubicalyx growing at the Jardin botanique de Lyon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Hoya |
Species: | H. pubicalyx
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Binomial name | |
Hoya pubicalyx Merr.
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Hoya pubicalyx is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to the Philippines. [1] Sometimes confused for Hoya carnosa, [2] it has succulent, lanceolate foliage and grows in a vining habit epiphytically. [3] Kept as a houseplant in temperate climates, it can be found in variegated forms in nurseries. The Philippine five-centavo coin of the New Generation Currency Series features the flowers of this plant.
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