Recently, technicians of Xiaoheishan Provincial Nature Reserve in Longling, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province found a star-shaped pink flower with five-pointed petals during a field patrol in Mengnuo Town. After expert identification, it was identified as hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li, a plant of hoya genus in apocynaceae family. It is reported that this is the first time to discover hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li in Longling County.

Hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li (Photo/Li Fei)

Hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li is an epiphytic plant, and the flower looks crystal clear. It highlights high ornamental value. Hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li is endemic to China and distributed in Pu'er, Xishuangbanna, Lincang, and other areas in southern Yunnan.

Hoya nervosa tsiang et P. T. Li (Photo/Li Fei)

From May 2017 to September 2020, the biodiversity investigation team of Southwest Survey and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China (NFGA) found a piece of new species of hoya and named it Gaoligong hoya during the investigation of wildlife background resources in Longling County. In September 2021, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found another H.myanmarica in Longling County, which marked a new distribution point on the "Chinese plant distribution map".

Gaoligong hoya (Photo/Yu Yunjiang)

H.myanmarica (Photo/Yu Yunjiang)

According to experts, hoya plants are very sensitive to the surrounding air, humidity, climate, and other conditions. The continuous discovery of hoya species in Longling indicates the nice natural ecological environment here. 

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(Editors: Rachel, Ines)