Hoya,
Taxonomy –
This is, honestly, my favourite thing about plants: diving headfirst into weird taxonomy things.
You’ll often see people refer to these plants with both names, with either name interchangeably, or as “Hoya latifolia (formerly macrophylla)” — so what’s the deal? Are they the same species, and which name is correct?
Here’s what happened.
Two different scientists named two different, but extremely similar, hoya species “Hoya macrophylla” (meaning big-leaved) around the same time, not realizing what happened. When someone finally realized that they were two different species, the second one was renamed latifolia (also meaning big-leaved).
Hoya macrophylla vs Hoya latifolia
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