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Hoya
Wax plants
As recorded: Hoya R.Br.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae
- Collected by
- Webster, G.L.; Hildreth, R.Richard Hildreth →Grady L. Webster →
- Collector number
- 15253
- Date
- September 11, 1968
- Locality
- In Bulolo River Valley, ca. halfway between Bulolo and Wau
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 914 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 11, 1968, Webster, G.L.; Hildreth, R. also collected 8 other specimens.
Hoya observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5,611 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
314台灣新竹縣北埔鄉
(c) isabellechang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Glen Cairn QLD 4342, Australia
(c) Jacob Findley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
646台灣雲林縣古坑鄉田心村3號之3號
(c) ChienYL, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Narrawallee, NSW, AU
(c) lorramac, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
646台灣雲林縣古坑鄉樟湖村66-1號古坑樟湖靈隱寺
(c) 歐陽秀華, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
357台灣苗栗縣通霄鎮南和派出所
(c) 黃書彥, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Hoya. BISH 603949. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956426535. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/603949.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956426535 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026