Pothos (plant)

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.

The common houseplant Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as 'pothos', was once classified under this genus.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:

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

References

External links

• Pothos page on CATE Araceae