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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Hoya

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

About 200-300 species of tropical climbing plants, native to southern Asia, Australia and Polynesia. Sixteen species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002)

Hoya acuta

Native from India to Malaysia.

 

Hoya anulata

Native from Indonesia to Australia.

 

Hoya australis

Native to Australia.

 

Hoya bella

Native from Burma to Indonesia.

 

Hoya carnosa

Native to Australia and China.

 

Hoya diversifolia

Native from Burma to Malaysia.

 

Hoya lacunosa

Native to Malaysia.

 

Hoya lanceolata

Native to Nepal.

 

Hoya limoniaca

Native to New Caledonia.

 

Hoya longifolia

Native to India and Sikkim.

 

Hoya macrophylla

Native to Indonesia.

 

Hoya motoskei

Native to Indonesia.

 

Hoya multiflora

Native to Indonesia.

 

Hoya pottsii

Native to India.

 

Hoya revoluta

Native from Malaysia to New Guinea.

 

Hoya ridleyi

Native to Malaysia and Indonesia.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.