Hoya acuminata Bentham ex Hooker 1866

 

In Contributions to the Botany of India (1834) 39. P. acuminata (Wight). — Wall.! Asclep. n. 129 (asque nomine). — In Silhet; Wallich. My specimens do not possess a perfect umbel. — (R.W.).

In Decaisne DeCandolle Prodromus 8 (1844) 633. Robert Wight . P. acuminata (Wight l.c.), Wall ascl. n. (absque nomine). - In India orient. Silhet. (Wallich.)

Type description:

In Handbook of Indian Flora 2 (1866) 240.  R. Wight. Petrostelma acuminata, Wall. ascl. #129 (absque nomine). - India orient. Silhet. (Wallich.) (R. W.) Ident. Wight’s contrib. 39  - Dec. prod, VIII 633.
            Spec. Char. Twining or decumbent? leaves opposite, oblong, acuminate, fleshy: segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate, tube hairy: leaflets of the crown broad, sides narrowly reflexed and connivent with the margins: flowers largish. Silhet.

Other literature:
 
In Flora of British India 4 (1883) 53. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. 2. Hoya acuminata Benth. in Gen. Pl., ii, 777.  H. griffithiana Dcne. mss. Petrostelma acuminatum Wight Cont. 39: Wall. Cat. 8170; Dcne. in DC. Prodr. viii 633.
            Khasia Mts.; alt. 2,000 ft., Wallich & c.
Quite glabrous. Stem stout, 1-2 ft., subscandent and pendulous. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1.5 in., elliptic-lanceolate, nerves obscure; petiole .25-.50 in. Umbels terminal and axillary, few fld.; peduncle .5 in. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-lobes 1 in., glabrous, tube puberlous within. Corona shining. Fruit not seen.

First mentions are invalid as mss. Nome only mentioned no description.