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Cobia (1969) — Hoya carnosa with tricolor foliage, USPP2950

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United States plant patent 1969-12-09

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Barnell L. Cobia. 1969-12-09. pp. USPP 2,950, including 1970 Certificate of Correction.

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Patent description of particular border-variegated material, with reported mutation and propagation history.

Descriptive title does not independently establish the modern cultivar name Tricolor. Correction wording and colour-standard details remain under review; patent plates remain private.

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Original and extraction filed; bounded source statements retained. Descriptive title does not independently establish the modern cultivar name Tricolor. Correction wording and colour-standard details remain under review; patent plates remain private.

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Hoya carnosaHoya carnosa is a species that climbs with fleshy leaves and rounded clusters of white to pink-tinged flowers. Linnaeus the Younger first published its original…

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