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.

Pothos
Pothos repens
1900 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Pothoideae
Genus: Pothos
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Synonyms
  • Tapanava Adans.
  • Batis Blanco 1837, illegitimate homonym, not P.Browne 1756
  • Goniurus C.Presl

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

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