Hoya barbata Sprengel 1825

Type description:

In Systematisches Vegetebilum, Carolie A. Linne (1817) 53. 2. Tylophora barbata R. Br.; umbellis subgerminatis, pedunculo communi foliis breviore, corollâ barbatâ, foliis ovatis acutis glaberrimis. R. Brown l. c. Ad portum Jackson.

Translated: Umbels somewhat germinating, Peduncles almost paired shorter than the leaves, corolla bearded, leaves ovate acute very glabrous. Near port Jackson.

Other literature:

In Systema Vegetebilum, Spengel, 1 (1825) 843.  4. H. barbata foliis ovatus glaberrimis, umbellis pedunculatis subgeminatis, corolla barbata. Nov. Holland.

Translation: as above.

In General System of Gardening and Botany, G. Don. 4 (1837).  as T. Barbata (R. Br. l. c.) umbels usually twin; common peduncles shorter then the leaves; corolla bearded; leaves ovate acute, quite glabrous. A twining shrub. Native of New South Wales, about Port Jackson Hoya barbata Spreng. Sys. 1 p. 845. Bearded Tylophora. Fl. June, Jul. Cult. 1822. Shrub tw.

In Flora Australiansis, G. Bentham, (1867) 335.  T. barbata, R. Br. Paod.460. A slender glabrous twiner. leaves on slender petioles, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, not cordate, membranaceous , 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers of a dingy purple, not numerous, in 1 or rarely 2 umbels or interpetiolar peduncles not exceeding the leaves, and filiform as well as pedicels. Calyx-segments acute, about I line long. Corolla spreading to nearly 3 lines diameter, the lobes ovate, obtuse, slightly bearded inside. gynostegium short. Corona- segments fleshy, forming globular protuberances on the backs of the anthers. Follicles acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long. — Decne. DC. Prod. viii 609; Hoya barbata, Spreng. syst. I. 843. N.S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A. and R. Cummingham and others; Illawarra, A Cunningham, Ralston. Victoria. Mallce Cotta Inlet, Lake King Tyers, Snowy River, Boggy Creek. etc., F, Mueller.