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Pothos is a genusofflowering plants in the family Araceae (tribe Potheae). It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[5][6][7][8]

Pothos
Pothos repens
1900 illustration[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Pothoideae
Genus: Pothos
L. (1753)[1][2]
Synonyms[4]
  • Batis Blanco (1837), illegitimate homonym, not P.Browne 1756
  • Goniurus C.Presl (1851)
  • Pedicellarum M.Hotta (1976)
  • Tapanava Adans. (1763)

The common houseplant Epipremnum aureum, also known as "pothos", was once classified under the genus Pothos.

Species

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65 species are accepted.[4]

  1. Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. - Kerala
  • Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta - Borneo
  • Pothos barberianus Schott- Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Pothos beccarianus Engl. - Borneo
  • Pothos boyceanus G.Rajkumar, Shaju, Nazarudeen & Prakashk. - India (Kerala)
  • Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt - Queensland
  • Pothos brevistylus Engl. - Borneo
  • Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw. - Sumatra
  • Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr. - China, Tibet, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan
  • Pothos clavatus Engl. - New Guinea
  • Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivad. & N.Mohanan - southern India
  • Pothos curtisii Hook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Pothos cuspidatus Alderw. - western New Guinea
  • Pothos cylindricus C.Presl - Sabah, Sulawesi, Philippines
  • Pothos degenerans S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan)
  • Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. - Philippines
  • Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
  • Pothos englerianus (Engl.) Alderw. - Sumatra
  • Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause - Maluku, New Guinea
  • Pothos fractiflexus Joling, J.T.Pereira & Damit - Borneo (Sabah)
  • Pothos gigantipes Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Vietnam, Cambodia
  • Pothos gracillimus Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  • Pothos grandis Buchet ex P.C.Boyce & V.D.Nguyen - Vietnam
  • Pothos hellwigii Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
  • Pothos hookeri Schott - Sri Lanka
  • Pothos inaequilaterus (C.Presl) Engl. - Philippines
  • Pothos insignis Engl. - Borneo, Palawan
  • Pothos junghuhnii de Vriese - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  • Pothos keralensis A.G. Pandurangan & V.J. Nair - Kerala
  • Pothos kerrii Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam
  • Pothos kingii Hook.f. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pothos lancifolius Hook.f. - Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pothos laurifolius P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei
  • Pothos leptostachyus Schott - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  • Pothos longipes Schott - Queensland, New South Wales
  • Pothos longivaginatus Alderw. - Borneo
  • Pothos luzonensis (C.Presl) Schott - Luzon, Samar
  • Pothos macrocephalus Scort. ex Hook.f. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Pothos mirabilis Merr. - Sabah, Kalimantan Timur
  • Pothos motleyanus Schott - Kalimantan
  • Pothos oliganthus P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sarawak
  • Pothos ovatifolius Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
  • Pothos oxyphyllus Miq. - Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  • Pothos paiei (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong, A.Hay & P.C.Boyce – Borneo
  • Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • Pothos parvispadix Nicolson - Sri Lanka
  • Pothos philippinensis Engl. - Philippines
  • Pothos pilulifer Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  • Pothos polystachyus Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  • Pothos remotiflorus Hook. - Sri Lanka
  • Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam
  • Pothos roxburghii de Vriese - Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pothos salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pothos scandens L. - Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
  • Pothos tener (Roxb.) Wall. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  • Pothos thomsonianus Schott - southern India
  • Pothos tirunelveliensis Sasikala & Reema Kumari - India (Tamil Nadu)
  • Pothos touranensis Gagnep. - Vietnam
  • Pothos venustus (Wall. ex C.DC.) A.Hay & P.C.Boyce - Singapore
  • Pothos versteegii Engl. - New Guinea
  • Pothos vietnamensis V.D.Nguyen & P.C.Boyce – Vietnam
  • Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei, Sarawak
  • Pothos zippelii Schott - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
  • References

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    1. ^ a b "Pothos". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  • ^ a b Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum 2:968.
  • ^ Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
  • ^ a b Pothos L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  • ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  • ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • ^ Boyce, P.C. (2009). A review of Pothos L. (Araceae: Pothoideae: Pothoeae) for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 15-26.
  • ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 6, 石柑属 shi gan shu, Pothos Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 968. 1753.
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