- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77304928-1
- Publication
- Gardens' Bulletin. Singapore
- Collation
- 74(1): 123
- Date of Publication
- 30 Jun 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Rahayu 1355
- Locality
- East Kalimantan, Berau
- Collection Date
- 5 Nov 2021
- Type Herbaria
- holotype BO
- Distribution Of Types
- Kalimantan (Borneo, Malesia, Asia-Tropical)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.26492/gbs74(1).2022-08 Etymology: 'The name Hoya polypus refers to the flower shape, with an urceolate corolla and long, narrow corolla lobes reminiscent of the shape of a polyp'.