Pothos (plant)
Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. 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 C.E.C.Fisch. – Kerala
- Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta – Borneo
- Pothos barberianus Schott– Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
- Pothos beccarianus Engl. – Borneo
- Pothos boyceanus – India
- Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt – Queensland
- Pothos brevistylus Engl. – Borneo
- Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw. – Sumatra
- Pothos chinensis 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 – Borneo
- Pothos deleonii
- Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. – Philippines
- Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce – Vietnam
- Pothos ecclesiae
- Pothos englerianus Alderw. – Sumatra
- Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause – Maluku, New Guinea
- Pothos fractiflexus – Borneo
- 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 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 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 – 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 pugnax
- Pothos remotiflorus Hook. – Sri Lanka
- Pothos repens Druce – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam
- Pothos roxburghii – Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos scandens L. – Indian subcontinent, Indo–China, Malesia
- Pothos tener Wall. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
- Pothos thomsonianus Schott – southern India
- Pothos tirunelveliensis – India
- Pothos touranensis Gagnep. – Vietnam
- Pothos venustus – Singapore
- Pothos versteegii Engl. – New Guinea
- Pothos vietnamensis – Vietnam
- Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay – Brunei, Sarawak
- Pothos zippelii Schott – Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago