Hoya bella Hoya bella (Beautiful Hoya) is a stunning plant with slender, downy, trailing stems that bear green, lance-shaped, slightly …
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Epithet: bella
Meaning: Beautiful, pretty, sheen
Derivation: Feminine form of the Latin adjective "bellus."
Pronunciation: BEL-luh
While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.
Lithops karasmontana subsp. bella is a dwarf succulent that forms a clump of paired, plump leaves fused in an inverted cone shape with a …