page_title: Dischidia
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Dischidia / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Dischidia imbricata (Milkweed family, Asclepiadaceae) on Millettia pinnata trunk, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii
context_page_description: Dischidia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. They are epiphytes native to tropical areas of China, India and most areas of Indo-China. Dischidia are closely aligned with the sister genus Hoya. Unlike Hoya, the genus Dischidia is poorly known and has not been studied as closely.
  Most Dischidia grow in arboreal ant nests of different species and some have developed a symbiotic relationship where the plant has developed modified leaves to either provide housing or storage. Of these there are two types of modification to the leaves. Three species develop bullate leaves which are hollow root-filled structures. These are Dischidia complex Griff, Dischidia major Merr. and Dischidia vidalii Becc. Both produce normal leaves in addition to the bullate leaves. These bullate leaves are formed when the outer margins of a leaf stop growing while the center of the leaf continues to grow. As time progresses the leaf margins curl under to close the gap which creates a small hole.
  A number of species develop imbricate leaves which hold tightly to the growing surface. The underside of the leaf has a space which is filled with roots that the ants take advantage of.
context_section_description: Dischidia aberrans Schltr.
  Dischidia acuminata Costantin
  Dischidia acutifolia Maingay
  Dischidia apoensis Elmer.
  Dischidia albida Griff.
  Dischidia albiflora Griff.
  Dischidia alternans Schltr.
  Dischidia amphorantha K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  Dischidia angustifolia Miq.
  Dischidia antennifera Becc.
  Dischidia asperifolia Schltr.
  Dischidia astephana Scort. ex King & Gamble
  Dischidia atropurpurea Schltr.
  Dischidia australis Tsiang  & P. T. Li
  Dischidia balansae Costantin
  Dischidia bengalensis Colebr.
  Dischidia bisetulosa O.Schwartz
  Dischidia boholensis (Schltr.) Livsch.
  Dischidia calva Pearson
  Dischidia chinensis Champ. ex Benth.
  Dischidia cleistantha Livsh.
  Dischidia clemensiae Schltr.
  Dischidia cochleata Blume
  Dischidia collyris Wall.
  Dischidia cominsii Hook.
  Dischidia complex Griff.
  Dischidia cornuta Livsh.
  Dischidia crassifolia Zipp. ex Schltr.
  Dischidia crassula Schltr.
  Dischidia cyclophylla Schltr.
  Dischidia cylindrica W.W.Sm.
  Dischidia dasyphylla Schltr.
  Dischidia deschampsii King & Gamble
  Dischidia digitiformis Becc.
  Dischidia dohtii T.B.Tran & Livsh.
  Dischidia dolichantha Schltr.
  Dischidia dohtii Tran & Livsh.
  Dischidia elmeri Schltr.
  Dischidia ericiflora Becc.
  Dischidia formosana Maxim.
  Dischidia fruticulosa Ridley
  Dischidia galactantha K.Schum.
  Dischidia gibbifera Schltr.
  Dischidia griffithii Hook.f.
  Dischidia hahliana Volkens
  Dischidia hellwigii Warb.
  Dischidia hirsuta Decne.
  Dischidia hollrungii Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  Dischidia hoyella Omlor
  Dischidia imbricata (Blume) Decne.
  Dischidia immortalis Guillaumin
  Dischidia indragirensis Schltr.
  Dischidia insularis Schltr.
  Dischidia khasiana Hook.f.
  Dischidia lanceolata (Blume) Decne.
  Dischidia lancifolia Ridley
  Dischidia latifolia (Blume) Decne.
  Dischidia lauterbachii K.Schum.
  Dischidia listerophora Schltr.
  Dischidia longepedunculata Ridl.
  Dischidia longiflora Becc.
  Dischidia longifolia Becc.
  Dischidia major (Vahl) Merr.
  Dischidia maxima Koord.
  Dischidia melanesica Fosberg
  Dischidia meleagridiflora O.Schwartz
  Dischidia merrillii Becc.
  Dischidia melanesica Fosberg
  Dischidia merrillii Schltr.
  Dischidia micholitzii N.E.Br.
  Dischidia micrantha Becc.
  Dischidia milnei Hemsl.
  Dischidia neurophylla Lauterb. & K.Schum.
  Dischidia nicobarica Didr.
  Dischidia nummularia R.Br.
  Dischidia obovata Decne.
  Dischidia oiantha  Schltr.
  Dischidia ovata Benth.
  Dischidia oxyphylla Miq.
  Dischidia parvifolia Ridl.
  Dischidia pedunculata Warb.
  Dischidia peltata Blume
  Dischidia picta Blume
  Dischidia platyphylla Schlecther
  Dischidia polilloensis Kloppenb.
  Dischidia polyphylla Ridl.
  Dischidia pseudobenghalensis Costantin
  Dischidia puberula Decne.
  Dischidia pubescens Ridl.
  Dischidia punctata (Blume) Decne.
  Dischidia purpurea Merrill.
  Dischidia quinquangularis Schltr.
  Dischidia reniformis Schltr.
  Dischidia retusa Becc.
  Dischidia rhodantha Ridl.
  Dischidia rimicola Kerr
  Dischidia rosea Schl.
  Dischidia roseoflavida Schltr.
  Dischidia rumphii Miq.
  Dischidia ruscifolia Decne. ex Becc.
  Dischidia saccata Warb.
  Dischidia sagittata Decne.
  Dischidia sarasinorum Warb.
  Dischidia scortechinii King & Gamble
  Dischidia singaporensis Ridl.
  Dischidia singularis Craib
  Dischidia soronensis  Becc.
  Dischidia spironema Turcz.
  Dischidia squamulosa Becc.
  Dischidia striata Schltr.
  Dischidia subulata Warb.
  Dischidia superba Rintz
  Dischidia tjidadapensis Bakh.f.
  Dischidia tomentella Ridl.
  Dischidia tonkinensis Costantin
  Dischidia tonsa Schltr.
  Dischidia torricellensis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst.
  Dischidia tricholoba Kerr
  Dischidia trichostemma Schltr.
  Dischidia truncata  Decne.
  Dischidia vadosa Rintz
  Dischidia vidalii Becc.
  Species moved to other genera
  Dischidia chinghungensis, syn of Hoya chinghungensis
  Dischidia papuana, syn of  Dischidiopsis papuana
  Dischidia yunnanensis, syn of  Biondia yunnanensis
  Species with Nomen nudum
  Dischidia diphylla Elmer
caption: D. imbricata on Millettia pinnata at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu
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