Hoya globulifera Blume 1849
Type description:
In Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1 (1849) 44. C. L. Blume. 102. Hoya globulifera Bl.: volubilis, glabri; foliis subsessilibus ex ovato ellipticus acutis basi rotundatis carnosis planis subaveniis supra ad basin macula alba notatis subtis punctatis; umbellis pedunculatis subglobosis; corollae intus sericeo-velutinae laciniis triangulari-ovatis acutis; coronae staminae foliolis lanceolatis supra canaliculatis angulo exteriore obtuso. — In sylvis litoralibus Novae Guineae. Flores magnitudine qua in H carnosa, fusco-purpurei.
Translation: twining, glabrous leaves almost sessile and ovate elliptic acute with the base rounded fleshy flat lightly veined above toward the base large white spots below punctate; umbels pedunculate almost globose; lobes of the corona inside intensely hairy triangular ovate acute; leaflets of the staminal corona lanceolate above channeled with the exterior angle obtuse. — From the trees near the shore on New Guinea. Flowers the size of H. carnosa., dark purple.
Other literature:
In Annales Botanices Systematicae 3 (1852) 66. W. G. Walpers. 6. H. globulifera Blume, Mus. Bat. p. 44, no. 102 † — Volubilis glabra; foliis subsessilibus ex ovato ellipticis acutis basi rotundatis carnosis planis subaveniis, supra ad basin macula alba notatis, subtis punctatis; umbellis pedunculatis subglobosis; corollae intus sericeo-velutinae laciniis triangulari-ovatis acutis, coronae staminae foliolis lanceolatis, supra canaliculatis, angulo exterior obtusa. — Habitat in sylvis litoralibus Novae Guineae.
Translation: Twining glabrous; leaves almost sessile from a acute rounded base ovate-elliptic, fleshy flat almost veinless; above near the base a marked white spot below punctate; umbels pedunculate almost globose, flaps of the corolla inside densely velvety triangular-ovate acute. leaflets of the staminal corona lanceolate, above channeled with the exterior angle obtuse. Habitat in the shore forests of New Guinea.
In Flora Indiae Bataviae 2 (1857) 520. Zollinger & Miquel. 12. Hoya globulifera Bl. Volubilis, folia subdensa brevi-petiolata ovato-elliptica acuta subacuminata, carnosa; subavenia, glabra, supra ad basin macula alba notata, subtus punctata, 3 — 3½ pollicares, suprema internodiis valde elongatis distantia, pedunculi pollicares ex apice incrassato umbelliflori, pedicelli tenues pedunculum aequantes, corollae fusco-purpureae intus sericeo-velutinae triangulari-ovatae acutae, coronae stamineae phylla lanceolati extrorsum obtusa supra canaliculatis. Blume Mus. bot. I. p. 44. Nieuw-Guinea, in de wouden der kunststrecken (Zippelis).
Translation: Twining, leaves somewhat dense shortly petioled ovate-elliptic acute somewhat acuminate, fleshy; lightly veined, glabrous, above near the base a marked white spot, below punctate, 3 — 3 ½ inches, topmost distant internodes exceedingly elongated, peduncles an inch from end coarse umbel flowered, pedicels thin same length as the peduncles, with the corolla dark-purple inside thickly hairy triangular ovate acute, leaflets of the staminal corona lanceolate outside obtuse above channeled. ................ New Guinea in the trees of the coastal woods.In Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 1 (1876) 37. R. H. C. C. Scheffler. Hoya globulifera Bl.; Miq., l. c., p. 520.