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carnosa

Taxon

Hoya carnosa (L.fil.) R.Br.

Protologue Asclepiadeae 16. 1810IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 079.jpg

Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 079.jpg

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Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 078.jpg

Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 080.jpg

Hoya carnosa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan; introduced into Bangladesh, Fiji, Korea, Solomon Is., Trinidad-Tobago; presence uncertain in East Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 24, 2003

Location

United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)

Location Remarks

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Hoya

Specific Epithet

carnosa

Authorship

(L.fil.) R.Br.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#257,003 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →