Pothos (plant)

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

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)

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.[5][6][7][8]

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

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ipni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Linn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
  4. ^ Pothos L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Boyce, P.C. (2009). A review of Pothos L. (Araceae: Pothoideae: Pothoeae) for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 15-26.
  8. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 6, 石柑属 shi gan shu, Pothos Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 968. 1753.