Hoya esquirolii Leveille 1912

Type description:

            In Repertorium Specierum Novarum 11 (1912) 298.  Leveille. 942. Hoya Esquirolii Levl., nov. spec. Ab H. nummularia Dcne. distincta floribus minutis umbellis sessilibus; flores albi 2 mm circiter lati et longi.
Kouy-Tcheou: Lo-Fou, sur arber, mars 1909 (Jul. Caylerie, 3484); au bac de Pai-Ouai; pend en longues ficelles des rochers et des vieux troncs, 20 mai 1912 (Jos. Esquirol, 2801).

Translation: flowers distinct from H. nummularia with minute sessile umbel Dcne. s; flowers white 2 mm. about wide and long.

Other literature:

            In Flore du Kouy Tcheou (1914) 42.  Hoya Esquirolii Levl. Co fou sur abre: bac de Pia. ouai mars mai 1902-09. Jos. Esquirol 2801. 3482.

            In Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 34/2 (1912) 14.  D. Pain “Neue Asclep. von Sumatra und Celebes”. Leveille, H., Decades plantarum novarum, XCIII — C. (Rep. Spec. nov. XI. p. 295 — 307, 1912.)
           
Editors note: Among the lengthy list is Hoya Esquirolii.

            In Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 15 (1934) 318.  “Notes on the Ligneous Plants Described by Leveille from Eastern Asia” Hoya Esquirolii Leveille in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XI. 298 (1912) China. Kweichou: Lo-fou, sur arbe, J. Cavalerie, no. 3484, March, 1909 (Syntype; photo. in A. A.); au bac de Pia-ouai, pend en longues ficelles des rochers et des vieux troncs, J. Escuirol, no. 2801, May 20, 1912 (Syntype; photo in A. A.).
            Either specimen is without flowers for dissection; consequently a decisive opinion cannot be rendered concerning this plant, the foliage of which resembles to some extent that of H. nummularia Dcne,. with which it may be conspecific.

            In Catalogue of Names Publisher by Hector Leveille. (1978) 134.  L. A. Lavener. 1437. Dischidia esquirolii (Levl.) Tsiang in Sunyatsenia 3: 183 (1936) & l.c. 4:127 (1939); Rehder in Jour, Arn. Arb. 18:241 (1937). Hoya esquirolii Levl. in  Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov, 11:298 (1912) & Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 42 (1914); Woodson in Jour. Arn. Arb. 15:318 (1934).

            In The Asclepiadaceous Works of Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1992) 30. A. Nicholas. H. esquirolii Leveille – 67.