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Hoya vacciniiflora O.Schwartz, Mitt. Inst. Bot. Hamburg 7: 261 (1931). - TYPE: 
Indonesia, Bukit Mulu, 2 December 1924, Winkler, H. 518 (lectotype HBG 
[HBG506352], designated here). 
Notes. Schwartz cited only a single collection for Hoya vacciniiflora O.Schwartz, 
Winkler 339. One sheet of this collection is present at HBG and is here selected as 
lectotype. 
Hoya verticillata (Vahl) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 128 (1837); Rintz, Malayan Nat. J. 
30: 514 (1978); Veldkamp et al., Blumea 40: 427 (1995). - Sperlingia verticillata 
Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 113 (1810). - TYPE: Flohr inHb. Vahl ‘exlnd. Orient. 
CynanchumV (lectotype C [C10006735], designated by Veldkamp et al., (1995); 
possible isolectotype C [C10006736]). 
Hoya acuta Haw., Revis. PI. Succ. 4 (1821). - TYPE: ‘Vidi crescentem sine floribus 
in region horto Kewense A.D. 1819’; ‘Hort Liv 1825’ (neotype K, designated here). 
Hoya pallida Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 951 (1826), non Hoya pallida Dalzell & Gibson 
(1861). - TYPE: Bot. Reg. 11: t. 951 (1826) (lectotype, designated here). ‘Hort Liv 
1825’ (epitype K, designated here). 
Hoya nicobarica R.Br. ex J.Traill, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 28 (1830). - TYPE: 
India, Nicobar Islands, 1785, Hb. Banks, J.P. Rottler/J.G. Koenig s.n. (lectotype BM 
[BM001014257], designated by Veldkamp et al. (1995). 
Hoya angustifolia J.Traill, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 29 (1830). - Hoya pottsii 
J.Traill var. angustifolia (J.Traill) Tsiang & P.T.Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 124 (1974). 
- TYPE: China, Potts (not found, possibly just a living plant). 
Hoya pottsii J.Traill, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 25 (1830). - TYPE: China, Macao. 
Cultivated by Mr. Sabine (lectotype Trans Hort. Soc. London 7, plate 1, designated by 
Forster & Liddle (1992c)). 
Hoya hookeriana Wight, Contr. Bot. India 37 (1834). - TYPE: Bangladesh, Sylhet, 
Wall. Asclep 28B [=Wall. Cat. 8158B] HRWP (lectotype K [K000873071], designated 
here; isolectotypes BM, E [E00179571], K [K001129101], K-W). 
Hoya parasitica Wall, ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India 37 (1834); Veldkamp et al., 
Blumea 40: 427 (1995); Jagtap & Singh, Fasc. FI. India 24: 114 (1999). - Asclepias 
parasitica Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 20 (1814), nom. inval. - Asclepias parasitica Roxb., 
FI. Ind. 2: 42 (1832), non Asclepias parasitica Wall, ex Hornem. (1819). - TYPE: 
Roxburgh illustration number 1382 (lectotype K, designated here [http://apps.kew.org/ 
floraindica/img/illustration/large/57419.jpg]). 
