Hoya ignorata is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is an epiphytic shrub native to Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo.[1]
| Hoya ignorata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Hoya |
| Species: | H. ignorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoya ignorata T.B.Tran, Rodda, Simonsson & Joongku Lee (2011)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hiepia corymbosa V.T.Pham & Aver. (2011) | |
Hiepia corymbosa V.T.Pham & Aver. is a synonym for the species. The genus name of Hiepia is in honour of Tiên Hiêp Nguyên (b. 1947), a Vietnamese botanist, who organized field research excursions in south-east Asia.[2] The Latin specific epithet of corymbosa refers to Corymb, which is derived from the Ancient Greek word korymbos meaning "bunch of flowers or fruit".[3] Hiepia and Hiepia corymbosa were first described and published in Turczaninowia Vol.14, Issue 3 on page 6 in 2011.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hoya ignorata T.B.Tran, Rodda, Simonsson & Joongku Lee. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 214.