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May 2019

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genus

Pothos L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 968 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000031038.

Species in Pothos ( showing species 1 to 10 of 75)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 126 (1929) wfo-0000281230
Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 22: 1 (1966) wfo-0000281231
Pothos barberianus Schott Aroideae 1: 24, t. 53 (1853) wfo-0000281236
Pothos beccarianus Engl. Monogr. Phan. 2: 92 (1879) wfo-0000281237
Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 495 (1936) wfo-0000281242
Pothos brevistylus Engl. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4: 267 (1879) wfo-0000281245
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos hosei Rendle J. Bot. 39: 178 1901 wfo-0000281321
Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg , sér. 3, 1: 381 (1920) wfo-0000281246
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos longipedunculatus Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 93 1925 wfo-0000281353
Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 210 (1948) wfo-0000281259
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos balansae Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 3 1898 wfo-0000281235
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos cathcartii Schott Aroideae 22 1856 wfo-0000281254
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos chinensis var. lotienensis C.Y.Wu & H.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 15: 101 1977 wfo-0000281261
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos seemannii Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 44 1857 wfo-0000281454
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos warburgii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 2 1898 wfo-0000281481
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos yunnanensis Engl. Pflanzenr. IV, 23B: 28 1905 wfo-0000281482
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Tapanava chinensis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 14 1838 wfo-0000320778
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Pothos chinensis var. chinensis wfo-0001220921
Pothos clavatus Engl. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4: 266 (1879) wfo-0000281262
Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivad. & N.Mohanan Pl. Syst. Evol. 168: 221 (1989) wfo-0000281269