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Elmer D. Merrill

Authored the 1918 Hoya pubicalyx protologue cited on this page and based the name on Bureau of Science 19484, collected by Ramos and Edaño in Luzon.

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Authored the 1918 Hoya pubicalyx protologue cited on this page and based the name on Bureau of Science 19484, collected by Ramos and Edaño in Luzon.

Sources connected to this person

Merrill (1918) — New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XIV
Elmer D. Merrill. New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XIV. 1918-09.

Hoya records connected to this person

Hoya pubicalyxHoya pubicalyx is an accepted Philippine species that grows as a climbing vine, with fleshy, elongated leaves and rounded clusters of fragrant flowers. Cultivated plants…

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