Pothos (plant)
| Pothos | |
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| Pothos repens 1900 illustration[3] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Tribe: | Potheae |
| Genus: | Pothos L.[1][2] |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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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, commonly known as 'pothos', was once classified under this genus.[9]
Species
As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[4]
- Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. – Kerala
- Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta – Borneo
- Pothos barberianus Schott– Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
- Pothos beccarianus Engl. – Borneo
- Pothos boyceanus G.Rajkumar, Shaju, Nazarudeen & Prakashk. – 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 S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & A.Hay – Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan)
- Pothos deleonii Medecilo & Cabactulan
- Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. – Philippines
- Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce – Vietnam
- Pothos ecclesiae P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & A.Hay
- Pothos englerianus (Engl.) Alderw. – Sumatra
- Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause – Maluku, New Guinea
- Pothos fractiflexus Joling, J.T.Pereira & Damit – 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 (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong, A.Hay & P.C.Boyce – 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 P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Pothos remotiflorus Hook. – Sri Lanka
- Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam
- Pothos roxburghii de Vriese – 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 Sasikala & Reema Kumari – India (Tamil Nadu)
- Pothos touranensis Gagnep. – Vietnam
- Pothos venustus (Wall. ex C.DC.) A.Hay & P.C.Boyce – Singapore
- Pothos versteegii Engl. – New Guinea
- Pothos vietnamensis V.D.Nguyen & P.C.Boyce – Vietnam
- Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay – Brunei, Sarawak
- Pothos zippelii Schott – Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
References
- ^ a b "Pothos". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- ^ a b Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum 2:968.
- ^ Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
- ^ a b "Pothos L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pothos aureus Linden & André". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.