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Notes. King & Gamble (1908) described Hoy a curtisii based on Curtis 2894. However, 
they did not mention where their types were deposited and, therefore, a lectotype needs 
to be selected. Two suitable fertile specimens are present at SING and [SING0059475] 
is here selected as lectotype. 
Hoya danumensis Rodda & Nyhuus, Webbia 64(2): 164 (2009). - TYPE: Originally 
from Malaysia, Sabah, Borneo, Danum Valley, January 1993, cultivated in Italy, Turin, 
vouchered on 3 September 2008 as Rodda, M. 2008. lh (holotype FI; isotypes K, L, 
TO). 
Hoya devogelii Rodda & Simonsson, Webbia 66(1): 35 (2011) [6 June 2011], - TYPE: 
Malaysia, Sarawak, Bahagian Kapit, N. part of Hose Mountains, below ridge leading 
to Bt. Batu, 10 December 1991, Tech, L.S. and De Vogel, E.F. 9398 (holotype L; 
isotypes K, SAR n.v.). 
Hoya diversifolia Blume, Bijdr. FI. Ned. Ind. 16: 1064 (1826); Rintz, Malayan Nat. 
J. 30: 517 (1978); Jagtap & Singh, Fasc. FI. India 24: 98 (1999). - TYPE: Rumphius 
Herbarium Amboinense 5 Tab. 175 Fig. 2. (lectotype, designated here); ‘ Hoya 
heterophylla , s.d., s.coll. (epitype L [sheet number 989168-147], designated here). 
Hoya heterophylla nom. nud. (based on L sheet number 989168-147). 
Hoya crassipes Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21: 261 (1848). - TYPE: 
Indonesia, Java, Zollinger, H. 2581 (lectotype KW [KW001000511], designated here, 
isolectotype A). 
Hoya orbicidata Wall, ex Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 36 (1834). -TYPE: 
Myanmar, Prome in Ava, 1826, Wallich, N., Wall. Asclep. 32 [= Wall. Cat. 8151] 
(lectotype K (Herb. R. Wight Proper, with a sketch of the flower in Wight’s hand), 
designated here; isolectotypes E [E00179565], K [K001129088], K 2 more sheets). 
Hoya esculenta Tsiang, Sunyatsenia 3: 176 (1936), nom. illeg. - TYPE: Sussuela 
esculenta Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 467, t. 175.28 (1747) (lectotype, designated here). 
Hoya zollingeriana Miq., FI. Ned. Ind. 2: 518 (1857) [20 Aug. 1857]. - TYPE: 
Indonesia, Java, bij Lalaei, Mei, Zollinger, H. s.n. (lectotypeP [P05029459], designated 
in Rodda (2015b: 306)). 
Hoya liangii Tsiang, Sunyatsenia 3(2-3): 177 (1936). - TYPE: China, Hainan, 
Ngai Yuen, 3 September 1933, Liang, H.Y. 26867 (lectotype IBSC [IBSC0005685], 
designated here; isolectotype NY [NY00318649]). 
Hoya el-nidicus Kloppenb.,Ymterim 1991(3) supplement: I (1991). - Hoya diversifolia 
Blume subsp. el-nidicus (Kloppenb.) Kloppenb., Fraterna 14(1): 13 (2001). - TYPE: 
Philippines, Palawan, El Nido rest area, 15 August 1988, Pancho, J. s.n. (holotype 
UPLB sheet no. 41931, n.v.) 
