Hoya bhutanica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Hoya |
Species: | H. bhutanica
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Binomial name | |
Hoya bhutanica Grierson & D.G.Long
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Hoya bhutanica is a species of epiphytic climbing shrub endemic to Bhutan.[2] It is currently classified as endangered in the IUCN redlist.[1]
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]
Hoya bhutanica is currently known only from Bhutan.[2]
It is an epiphyte on trees in dense forest.[3]
It is mainly found in the tropical biome that is damp.[4]
The species epithet was given in the name of the country (Bhutan) where the holotype of this species was found.