Hoya mariae, synonym Clemensiella mariae, is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Philippines. It was first described in 1915.[1]

Hoya mariae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. mariae
Binomial name
Hoya mariae
(Schltr.) L.Wanntorp & Meve
Synonyms[1]
  • Clemensia mariae Schltr. (genus name is illegitimate)
  • Clemensiella mariae (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Clemensiella viracensis (Kloppenb. & Siar) Kloppenb.
  • Hoya viracensis Kloppenb. & Siar

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by Rudolf Schlechter in 1915 as Clemensia mariae along with his new genus Clemensia. The names honoured Mary Strong Clemens and her husband Joseph.[2][3] However, the genus name turned out to be an illegitimate homonym (in other words, someone else had already used the name for a different plant), so Schlechter published the name Clemensiella for genus, making the species Clemensiella mariae.[4][5] A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study showed that Clemensiella was embedded within Hoya, and Clemensiella mariae was transferred to Hoya as Hoya mariae.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hoya mariae (Schltr.) L.Wanntorp & Meve". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999-11-17). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849326752.
  3. ^ "Clemensia". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  4. ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1905. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 3: 143
  5. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1915. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen 13: 542
  6. ^ Wanntorp, Livia & Meve, Ulrich (2011). "New combinations in Hoya for the species of Clemensiella (Marsdenieae, Apocynaceae)". Willdenowia. 41 (1): 97–99. doi:10.3372/wi.41.41110.