Hoya australis subsp. tenuipes
A rainforest climber with leathery to fleshy leaves that are hairless or have scattered hairs.
This profile follows the botanical subspecies and its documented characters. A nursery label alone does not establish the identity of an individual plant.
Overview
Hoya australis subsp. tenuipes is a climbing subspecies recorded from northern Queensland and New Guinea. In Flora of Australia, Paul Forster and David Liddle describe leathery to fleshy leaves that are hairless or have scattered hairs, with margins that are not strongly rolled under. The flora’s species description gives cream flowers with red beneath the central crown. Forster and Liddle published the current name combination in 1991; the plant had previously been named under Hoya oligotricha.
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What We Know
- Flora of Australia records leaves up to 15 cm long. Its key distinguishes the leathery to fleshy, hairless or sparsely hairy leaves from the more succulent, more densely hairy leaves possible in subsp. australis. Identification uses the combination of characters.
- The 1996 treatment records rainforest habitat, with Queensland occurrences from the McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula south to Innisfail, and additional occurrence in Papuasia. Habitat records do not establish optimum conditions in a pot.
- The flora reports September–October flowering in its Australian account. That regional observation does not establish when a particular cultivated plant will bloom.
- The flora cites Hoya oligotricha subsp. tenuipes, published by Ken Hill in 1988, as the earlier name. Kew’s Plants of the World Online accepts the Hoya australis combination published in 1991.
What We Are Still Learning
Which cultivated tenuipes plants can be connected to documented wild-origin accessions or vouchers?
What would help: Original labels, supplier and propagation records, accession or voucher identifiers, and leaf and flower photographs tied to the same plant.
Do identified tenuipes plants respond differently from other australis subspecies in cultivation?
What would help: Published comparisons with methods, sample sizes and growing conditions, using identified material and accounting for maturity and plant health.
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