Pothos (plant)

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This article is about a genus of flowering plants. For other uses, see Pothos.

Pothos
Pothos repens CBM.png
Pothos repens
1900 illustration[3]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Pothoideae
Genus: Pothos
L.[1][2]
Synonyms[4]
  • Tapanava Adans.
  • Batis Blanco 1837, illegitimate homonym, not P.Browne 1756
  • Goniurus C.Presl

Pothos is a genus of flowering 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.[4][5][6][7]

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

Species[]

  1. C.E.C.Fisch. - Kerala
  2. M.Hotta - Borneo
  3. Schott- Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  4. Engl. - Borneo
  5. B.L.Burtt - Queensland
  6. Engl. - Borneo
  7. Alderw. - Sumatra
  8. (Raf.) Merr. - China, Tibet, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan
  9. Engl. - New Guinea
  10. Sivad. & N.Mohanan - southern India
  11. Hook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  12. Alderw. - western New Guinea
  13. C.Presl - Sabah, Sulawesi, Philippines
  14. Merr. - Philippines
  15. P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
  16. (Engl.) Alderw. - Sumatra
  17. Engl. & K.Krause - Maluku, New Guinea
  18. Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Vietnam, Cambodia
  19. Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  20. Buchet ex P.C.Boyce & V.D.Nguyen - Vietnam
  21. Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
  22. Schott - Sri Lanka
  23. (C.Presl) Engl. - Philippines
  24. Engl. - Borneo, Palawan
  25. de Vriese - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  26. A.G. Pandurangan & V.J. Nair - Kerala
  27. Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam
  28. Hook.f. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  29. Pothos lancifolius Hook.f. - Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
  30. P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei
  31. Schott - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  32. Pothos longipes Schott - Queensland, New South Wales
  33. Alderw. - Borneo
  34. (C.Presl) Schott - Luzon, Samar
  35. Scort. ex Hook.f. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
  36. Merr. - Sabah, Kalimantan Timur
  37. Schott - Kalimantan
  38. P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sarawak
  39. Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
  40. Miq. - Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  41. Becc. ex Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  42. Nicolson - Sri Lanka
  43. Engl. - Philippines
  44. Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  45. Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
  46. Hook. - Sri Lanka
  47. Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam
  48. Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum
  49. Pothos scandens L. - Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
  50. (Roxb.) Wall. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  51. Schott - southern India
  52. Gagnep. - Vietnam
  53. Engl. - New Guinea
  54. P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei, Sarawak
  55. Schott - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pothos". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ a b Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum 2:968.
  3. ^ Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
  4. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Boyce, P.C. (2009). A review of Pothos L. (Araceae: Pothoideae: Pothoeae) for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 15-26.
  7. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 6, 石柑属 shi gan shu, Pothos Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 968. 1753.

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