Hoya

New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the hoyas or waxflowers.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Marsdenieae - tribe

• (genus): Hoya carnosa - type species
  • Hoya sect. Acanthostemma, Hoya sect. Amblyostemm, Hoya sect. Angustialatus, Hoya sect. Angusticarinatae, Hoya sect. Antiostelma, Hoya sect. Centrostemma, Hoya sect. Cystidianthus, Hoya sect. Eriostemma, Hoya sect. Hoya, Hoya sect. Kloiphora, Hoya sect. Latiretinacula, Hoya sect. Oreostemma, Hoya sect. Otostemma, Hoya sect. Pachystelma, Hoya sect. Peltostemma, Hoya sect. Physostemma, Hoya sect. Plocostemma, Hoya sect. Pterostelma - sections
    • For fuller lists of the 200-300 species see Hoya at The Plant List

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• Hoya on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Hoya at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Hoya at Encyclopedia of Life
• Hoya at The Plant List
• Hoya at USDA Plants database

Derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s.

Hoya (plural Hoyas)

1. (US) A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.

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