Hoya curtisii

Hoya curtisii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya. It is native to Southeast Asia across Thailand, the Philippines, Borneo, and Malaysia.[3] The species has easily recognizable foliage among Hoyas with small, pointed leaves and silver variegation. Like many Hoyas, it grows as a creeping epiphyte.[4]

Hoya curtisii
Hoya curtisii at the United States Botanic Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. curtisii
Binomial name
Hoya curtisii

References

  1. "Hoya curtisii King & Gamble". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. "Hoya curtisii King & Gamble". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. "Hoya curtisii King & Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 563 (1908)", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1995. p. 141.

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