Hoya polyneura, commonly known as the fishtail hoya,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya found from the Himalayas to northwest Yunnan.[2] This species has a pendant, epiphytic growth habit, and its common name derives from the mermaid's tail shape and fine venation of the leaves.

Hoya polyneura
Hoya polyneura grown as a houseplant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. polyneura
Binomial name
Hoya polyneura

References edit

  1. ^ Graf, Alfred Byrd (1986). Tropica: Color Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants and Trees for Warm-region Horticulture--in Cool Climate the Summer Garden Or Sheltered Indoors. Roehrs Company. ISBN 978-0-911266-23-8.
  2. ^ "Hoya polyneura Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 54 (1883).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families