Hoya (Hoya thomsonii)
Description
Hoya thomsonii (also falsely Hoya thompsonii ) is a species of the genus of wax flowers ( Hoya ) from the subfamily of the plant plants (Asclepiadoideae). The species is named after the co-discoverer of the plant Thomas Thomson. Hoya thomsonii grows epiphytically . The shoots wind, are relatively thin and up to about 2 m long. The oblong-egg-shaped leaf blades are 5 to 7.5 cm long and 1.5 to 3.8 cm wide, but very variable in size. They are gray-green in color and slightly hairy at the bottom. The leaf surface is irregularly covered with silver speckles. The leaves sit on up to 13 mm long petioles, which are also hairy. The distances between two pairs of leaves are different up to 5 cm long. The inflorescences form large, hanging, flat umbels containing 20 to 30 single flowers. The peduncle of the inflorescence is up to about 2.5 cm long and is bald to lightly covered with downy hairs. The flowers are bright white, the diameter of the corolla is about 1.3 cm. The crowns are oval, with a blunt tip. The margins are ciliate, the upper side slightly fuzzy or bare. The secondary crowns are also white to off-white, the base of the Nebenkrone is red. The staminal Nebenkronenzipfel are wrong-oval. The inner extension is thorn-like, the outer extension rounded wide. The flowers smell strongly of musk. They bloom for about 10 days.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Gentianales
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Family: Apocynaceae
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Genus: Hoya
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