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.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.
The common houseplant Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as 'pothos', was once classified under this genus.
Description Pothos species are evergreen climbing plants, commonly growing as hemiepiphytes in tropical forests. They have woody stems and leaves arranged in two rows along the stem.Their inflorescences consist of a spadix, which can be spherical or cylindrical.
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 (Kerala) 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 degenerans – Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan) Pothos deleonii Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. – Philippines Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce – Vietnam Pothos ecclesiae Pothos englerianus (Engl.) Alderw. – Sumatra Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause – Maluku, New Guinea Pothos fractiflexus – Borneo (Sabah) 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 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 (Lour.) 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 (Roxb.) Wall. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu Pothos thomsonianus Schott – southern India Pothos tirunelveliensis – India (Tamil Nadu) 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
References
External links Pothos page on CATE Araceae