Hoya (plant)

Hoya
Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Hoya
R.Br.
Species

See List of Hoya species

Synonyms
  • Absolmsia Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Acanthostemma Blume (1849)
  • Anatropanthus Schltr. (1908)
  • Antiostelma (Tsiang & P.T.Li) P.T.Li (1992)
  • Astrostemma Benth. (1880)
  • Cathetostemma Blume (1849)
  • Centrostemma Decne. (1838)
  • Clemensia Schltr. (1915), nom. illeg.
  • Clemensiella Schltr. (1915)
  • Codonanthus Hassk. (1842)
  • Cyrtoceras Benn. (1838)
  • Cystidianthus Hassk. (1843)
  • Eriostemma (Schltr.) Kloppenb. & Gilding (2001)
  • Hiepia V.T.Pham & Aver. (2011)
  • Madangia P.I.Forst., Liddle & I.M.Liddle (1997)
  • Micholitzia N.E.Br. (1909)
  • Otostemma Blume (1849)
  • Physostelma Wight (1834)
  • Plocostemma Blume (1849)
  • Pterostelma Wight (1834)
  • Schollia J.Jacq. (1811)
  • Sperlingia Martin Vahl (1810)
  • Triacma Hasselt ex Miq. (1857)
  • Triplosperma G.Don (1837)

Hoya is a genus of over 500 species of plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, commonly known as waxflowers. Plants in the genus Hoya are mostly epiphytic or lithophytic vines, rarely subshrubs, with leathery, fleshy or succulent leaves, shortly tube-shaped or bell-shaped flowers with five horizontally spreading lobes, the flowers in umbels or racemes, and spindle-shaped or cylindrical to oval follicles containing flattened egg-shaped to oblong seeds.

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