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Hoya

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Hoya is an Asclepiad genus of 200–300 species of tropical plants in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbane). [1]

54 relations: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Asia, Australia, Axillary bud, Biodiversity Heritage Library, China, Crassulacean acid metabolism, Cultivar, Dischidia, Domatium, Epiphyte, Evergreen, Family (biology), Flower, Genus, Glossary of leaf morphology, Houseplant, Hoya archboldiana, Hoya australis, Hoya carnosa, Hoya celebica, Hoya cinnamomifolia, Hoya imbricata, Hoya kerrii, Hoya macgillivrayi, Hoya megalaster, Hoya meliflua, Hoya obscura, Hoya serpens, Hoya siamica, India, Indonesia, Inflorescence, Leaf, Malaysia, Mutualism (biology), Nectar, New Guinea, Peduncle (botany), Perennial plant, Philippines, Polynesia, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Root, Shrub, Spanish moss, Thailand, The Plant List, Thomas Hoy (botanist), ..., Tropics, Umbel, Vietnam, Vine. Expand index (4 more) »

Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, (Greek for "away from dog" since some taxa were used as dog poison).

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Asclepiadoideae

According to APG II, the Asclepiadaceae, commonly known as milkweed family, is a former plant family now treated as a subfamily (subfamily Asclepiadoideae) in the Apocynaceae (Bruyns 2000).

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Axillary bud

The axillary bud (or lateral bud) is an embryonic shoot located in the axil of a leaf.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Crassulacean acid metabolism

Crassulacean acid metabolism, also known as CAM photosynthesis, is a carbon fixation pathway that evolved in some plants as an adaptation to arid conditions.

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Cultivar

The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.

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Dischidia

` Dischidia is a genus of plants in the Milkweed family, Apocynaceae.

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Domatium

A domatium (plural: domatia, from the Latin "domus", meaning home) is a tiny chamber produced by plants that houses arthropods.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Glossary of leaf morphology

The following is a defined list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants.

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Houseplant

A houseplant is a plant that is grown indoors in places such as residences and offices.

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Hoya archboldiana

Hoya archboldiana is a species in the genus Hoya.

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Hoya australis

Hoya australis, commonly known as the waxvine or common waxflower, is one of the species in the genus Hoya.

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Hoya carnosa

Hoya carnosa, the porcelainflower or wax plant, is an Asclepiad species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.

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Hoya celebica

Hoya celebica is a species of tropical plants in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbanes).

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Hoya cinnamomifolia

Hoya cinnamomifolia is a vine that comes from the island of Java.

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Hoya imbricata

Hoya imbricata is a myrmecophile epiphytic creeper with long, thin climbing stems, occurring throughout tropical Asia.

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Hoya kerrii

Hoya kerrii is a species of Hoya native to the south-east of Asia.

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Hoya macgillivrayi

Hoya macgillivrayi is a fast-growing vine native to northeastern Australia.

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Hoya megalaster

Hoya megalaster is a species in the genus Hoya.

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Hoya meliflua

Hoya meliflua is a species of Hoya vine endemic to the Philippines.

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Hoya obscura

Hoya obscura is a fast-growing hoya from the Philippines.

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Hoya serpens

Hoya serpens is a small trailing vine found in the Himalayas and surrounding areas.

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Hoya siamica

Hoya siamica is a slender vine found in Thailand with long light green leaves.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Mutualism (biology)

Mutualism or interspecific cooperation is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other.

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Nectar

Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Peduncle (botany)

In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or after fecundation, an infructescence.

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Polynesia

Polynesia (from πολύς polys "many" and νῆσος nēsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.

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Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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Spanish moss

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees in tropical and subtropical climates, native to much of Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Central America, South America, the southern United States, French Polynesia and the West Indies and is also naturalized in Queensland (Australia).

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Plant List

The Plant List is a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010.

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Thomas Hoy (botanist)

Thomas Hoy (c.1750–1 May 1822), was gardener to the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House in Middlesex in the United Kingdom, a position he held for 40 years.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Umbel

An umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) which spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Vine

A vine (Latin vīnea "grapevine", "vineyard", from vīnum "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners.

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Hoya (botany), Madangia, Micholitzia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya

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