Pothos

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Pothoideae
Tribus: Potheae
Genus: Pothos
Species: P. armatus – P. atropurpurascens – P. barberianus – P. beccarianus – P. brassii – P. brevistylus – P. brevivaginatus – P. chinensis – P. clavatus – P. crassipedunculatus – P. curtisii – P. cuspidatus – P. cylindricus – P. dolichophyllus – P. dzui – P. englerianus – P. falcifolius – P. gigantipes – P. gracillimus – P. grandis – P. hellwigii – P. hookeri – P. inaequilaterus – P. insignis – P. junghuhnii – P. keralensis – P. kerrii – P. kingii – P. lancifolius – P. laurifolius – P. leptostachyus – P. longipes – P. longivaginatus – P. luzonensis – P. macrocephalus – P. mirabilis – P. motleyanus – P. oliganthus – P. ovatifolius – P. oxyphyllus – P. papuanus – P. parvispadix – P. philippinensis – P. pilulifer – P. polystachyus – P. remotiflorus – P. repens – P. roxburghii – P. salicifolius – P. scandens – P. tener – P. thomsonianus – P. touranensis – P. versteegii – P. volans – P. zippelii
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Pothos L.

Type Species: Pothos scandens L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tapanava Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 470 (1763).
Batis Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 791 (1837), nom. illeg.
Goniurus C.Presl, Epimel. Bot.: 244 (1851).

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 968. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pothos in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pothos. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 17 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pothos in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 17.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pothos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 17.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pothos in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
中文: 百足藤

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

Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. - Kerala
Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta - Borneo
Pothos barberianus Schott- Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
Pothos beccarianus Engl. - Borneo
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 dolichophyllus Merr. - Philippines
Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
Pothos englerianus (Engl.) Alderw. - Sumatra
Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause - Maluku, New Guinea
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 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 salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum
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 touranensis Gagnep. - Vietnam
Pothos versteegii Engl. - New Guinea
Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei, Sarawak
Pothos zippelii Schott - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago

References

"Pothos". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum 2:968.
Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
"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.