Hoya lanceolata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Marsdenieae
Genus: Hoya
Sectio: H. sect. Angusticarinatae
Species: Hoya lanceolata
Name

Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 130. 1825.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie
Assam, India (NE-India, tropical Himalayas, Darjeeling), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Bhutan, Sikkim

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Wallich, N. 1825. Prodromus Florae Nepalensis, sive Enumeratio Vegetabilium, quae in Itinere per Nepaliam Proprie Dictam et Rgiones Conterminas, Ann. 1802-1803. Detexit atque legit D. D. Franciscus Hamilton, (olim Buchanan) M.D. London 130.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Hoya lanceolata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Hoya lanceolata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Hoya lanceolata. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 09 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Hoya lanceolata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 09.
Tropicos.org 2018. Hoya lanceolata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 09.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hoya lanceolata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Hoya lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Himalayas, Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, south-central China, and Vietnam.[1] Its subspecies, Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella, the beautiful wax plant, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit,[2] but some authorities recognize it as its own species, Hoya bella.[3]
References

"Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
"Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella beautiful wax plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
"Hoya bella Hook". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.