Hoya wightii Hook. f. in FBI 4 : 59, 1883 ; C. 2 : 234 ; T. 2 : 258 ; G. 2: 597. H. pendula Wt. & Ann. in Wt. Contrib. 36, 1834 p.p. excl. syn., non Wt. Ic. t 474 ; DG. 124 ; S. 138 as per Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli - Volume 2 - Page 264 ; Hoya pendula Wight & Arn. (Unresolved), Contr. Bot. India 36 1834. (Syn: Asclepias alexicaca Jacq.; Asclepias pendula Roxb.; Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson (Unresolved); Hoya wightii Hook.f. (Unresolved)) as per The Plant List ; HOY-a -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... ‡ commonly known as: porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight's hoya • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudh-vel Endemic to: peninsular India Stout pendulous epiphytes, stem terete, glabrous. Leaves to 7 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate, base acute, thick and coriaceous; nerves 6-8 pairs, horizontal; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers yellowish white, 1.5 cm across, many together; peduncles to 1 cm long, stout; pedicels 2.5 cm long; sepals 2.5 mm long, ovate, ciliolate; corolla lobes ovate, margins revolute; corona deep purple, 6 x 6 mm, lobes 3 mm high, subglobose. Flowering and fruiting: March-April Evergreen forests Southern Western Ghats (endemic) (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) It is my pleasure to share a few images of Hoya wightii (Apocynaceae) said to be endemic to Peninsular India. Habit: Epiphytic, shrub Habitat: Evergreen forest Sighting: Sakaleshpur, Hassan, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date: 17-08-2015 Please help me in distinguishing this species from the closely related Hoya ovalifolia Wight & Arn., occurring in the same area and having leaf-margins not recurved and the corona lobes concave above. Please compare it with Hoya ovalifolia which seems more probable for the above mentioned characters. efi page on Hoya wightii & no page as yet on Hoya ovalifolia Seems to match with images of Hoya wightii at FOI Does not match with Hoya ovalifolia at hoyor net
Names of Plants in India :: Hoya wightii Hook.f.: via Species > H > Hoya wightii Hook.f. ... (family: Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae)     HOY-a -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... Dave's Botanary WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight's hoya • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudh-vel botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. is an unresolved name ... ... synonyms: no synonym known ... The Plants List ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra ... 28 MAY 11 ... more views on flickr. References: India Biodiversity Portal Flowers of India Tropicos Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post The Plant List Scientific Classification Of Flowering Plants By Alexander Kyd Nairne Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli - Volume 2 - Page 264 (Hoya R. Br Hoya wightii Hook. f. in FBI 4 : 59, 1883 ; C. 2 : 234 ; T. 2 : 258 ; G. 2: 597. H. pendula Wt. & Ann. in Wt. Contrib. 36, 1834 p.p. excl. syn., non Wt. Ic. t 474 ; DG. 124 ; S. 138. Fl. : June - August. Fr. : August - November. Loc: Satari: ...) |
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