Hoya brunioniana Wight 1834

Type description:

In Contributions to the Botany of India (1834) 37.  Robert Wight, 13. H. brunioniana (Wight:) volubilis glabra, ramis obsolete tetragonis, foliis carnosis ovali-oblongis acuminatis, corolla subcarnosa extus glabra intus barbata, cor. st. foliolis ovalibus acutis supra convexis margine revolutis, - Hoya, Wall. ! Asclep. n. 37. - ................herb. Wallich.

The hairs on the inside of the corolla, in the dried specimen, have the appearance of collapsed hollow tubes. - (R. W.)

Translation: Glabrous twiner, branches obsoletely 4 angled, leaves fleshy, oval-oblong acuminate, corolla somewhat fleshy, outside glabrous, bearded inside, leaflets of the staminal corona oval acute, above convex, margines revolute. I have seen Hoya, Wall. Asclep. #37........from Wallich’s herbarium.

Other descriptions:

In General System of Gardening and Botany 23 (1837) 126. George Don, 15. H. Brunoniana (Wight, l.c.). twining, glabrous: branches obsoletely tetragonal; leaves fleshy, oval-oblong, acuminate; corolla rather fleshy, glabrous outside, bearded inside, leaflets of the corona oval, acute, convex above, with revolute edges. Shrub. Native of the East Indies. Hoya, Wall. ascl. no. 37. Brown’s Hoya. Shrub twining.

In Synopsis Plantarum 6 (1840) 891. Dietrich, 13. H. Brunoniana Wight; volubilis glabra; ramis obsolete 4 - gonis; fol. carnosis ovali-oblongis acuminatis; cor. carnosa extus glabra intus barbata; cor. st. foliolis revolutis. In Ind. or. shrub.

Translation: Glabrous twiner, branches obsoletely 4 angled, leaves fleshy, oval-oblong acuminate, corolla somewhat fleshy, outside glabrous, inside bearded, leaflets of the staminal corona oval acute, above convex, margines revolute. A shrub originating in India.

In Decandolle, Prodromus Syst. Veg. 8 (1844) 636.  Decaisne. 12. Hoya Brunoniana (Wight contrib. p. 37), volubilis glabra, ramis obsolete tetragonis glabratis, foliis ovali-oblongis acuminatis carnosis, pedicellis glabris, corolla subcarnosa exterioreum glabra interiorsum papillosa; coronae stam. foliolis ovalibus acutis, angulo interiore acuto subporrecto; coronae pili in specim siccis-tubis vacuis articulatisque similes ex cl. Wight. In India orientalis.

Translation: Glabrous twiner, branches obsoletely 4 angled, glabrous, leaves oval-oblong acuminate fleshy, pedicels glabrous, corolla somewhat fleshy, outside glabrous, inside papillose, leaflets of the staminal corona oval acute, interior angle somewhat erect; cap of the staminal corona in the dried specimen similar to hollow jointed tubes from the renowned Wight. A shrub originating in India.

Hoya brunioniana Wight 1834 Type 25935 (BO)