Hoya multiflora (Shooting Star Hoya) is a beautiful plant with erect or decumbent stems bearing bright green leaves with obscure veins …
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Epithet: multiflora
Meaning: Having many-flowers, many-flowered.
Derivation: Feminine form of the Latin adjective "multiflorus."
Pronunciation: mul-tih-FLOR-uh
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.
Fockea multiflora (Python Vine) is a large succulent with a swollen tuberous base and branches that sprawl on the ground or twine around …