Hoya chinensis Traill 1830

In Transactions of the Royal Horticulture Society 7 (1830) 27. James Traill

Hoya chinghungensis (Tsiang & P. T. Li) M. G. Gilbert, P. T.  Li & W. D. Stevens.

Type description: in Novon 5:9. 1995

Other literature: in Flora of China 16: 1995 Under Hoya 32. Dischidia chinghungensis Tsiang & P. T. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin, 12: 130. 1974.
            Shrubs epiphytic. Stems to 2 m, branching mainly near base, pendent; branches and petiole pubescent. Leaves longer than internodes; petiole ca. 1.5 mm; leaf blade broadly ovate, 1- 1.5 x 0.7 – 1.1 cm, glabrous, base rounded to truncate, apex acute to obtuse; lateral veins obsolete. Pseudoumbels terminal, 4- or 5-flowered; peduncles shorter than pedicels, sometimes obsolete. Pedicel 0.8 – 1.2 cm, puberulent. Sepals ± ovate, 1.5 – 2 x ca. 1.2 mm, apex obtuse, densely  pubescent. Corolla white. 1 -1.2 cm in diam., rotate or nearly so; limb ca. 3.5 mm wide; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 3.5 – 4.5 mm, glabrous outside, minutely puberulent inside, apex subacute. Corona lobes pink when dried, triangular, outer apex subacute, center flat or only slightly raised, inner tooth recumbent on anther, reaching base of appendages. Anther appendages just overlapping in center. Pollinia 0.4 – 0.5 x ca. 0.2 mm, oblong-oblanceolate, pale yellow. Follicles linear-lanceolate 7 – 9 cm x 3 – 4 mm, pendent, glabrous. Seeds linear-oblong, ca. 2.5 x 0.3 mm, coma ca, 2 cm. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Oct.

Dense forest; 1500-2000 m. S, Yunnan (Myanmar).

Note: Do not see any Type mentioned.

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