The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Pothos

The genus Pothos is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pothos

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta Accepted H WCSP
Pothos barberianus Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos beccarianus Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt Accepted H WCSP
Pothos brevistylus Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos clavatus Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivad. & N.Mohanan Accepted H WCSP
Pothos curtisii Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos cuspidatus Alderw. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos cylindricus C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce Accepted H WCSP
Pothos englerianus Alderw. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Pothos gigantipes Buchet ex P.C.Boyce Accepted H WCSP
Pothos gracillimus Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Pothos grandis Buchet ex P.C.Boyce & V.D.Nguyen Accepted H WCSP
Pothos hellwigii Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos hookeri Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos inaequilaterus (C.Presl) Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos insignis Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos junghuhnii de Vriese Accepted H WCSP
Pothos keralensis A.G.Pandurangan & V.J.Nair Accepted H WCSP
Pothos kerrii Buchet ex P.C.Boyce Accepted H WCSP
Pothos kingii Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos lancifolius Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos laurifolius P.C.Boyce & A.Hay Accepted H WCSP
Pothos leptostachyus Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos longipes Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos longivaginatus Alderw. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos luzonensis (C.Presl) Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos macrocephalus Scort. ex Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos mirabilis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos motleyanus Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos oliganthus P.C.Boyce & A.Hay Accepted H WCSP
Pothos ovatifolius Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos oxyphyllus Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos parvispadix Nicolson Accepted H WCSP
Pothos philippinensis Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos pilulifer Buchet ex P.C.Boyce Accepted H WCSP
Pothos polystachyus Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP
Pothos remotiflorus Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce Accepted H WCSP
Pothos reptans (G. Don) Link & Otto ex Steud. Accepted M TRO
Pothos roxburghii de Vriese Accepted H WCSP
Pothos rubescens (G. Don) Link & Otto ex Steud. Accepted M TRO
Pothos salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum Accepted H WCSP
Pothos scandens L. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos tener Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos thomsonianus Schott Accepted H WCSP
Pothos touranensis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos versteegii Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay Accepted H WCSP
Pothos zippelii Schott Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 254 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pothos. Of these 58 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pothos. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 254 species names for the genus Pothos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 58 22.8%
Synonym 171 67.3%
Unplaced 13 5.1%
Unassessed 12 4.7%

All names

The status of the 271 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pothos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 58 21.4%
Synonym 188 69.4%
Unplaced 13 4.8%
Unassessed 12 4.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 254 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pothos, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 56 155 0 0 211 83.1%
Medium confidence 2 12 0 0 14 5.5%
Low confidence 0 4 13 12 29 11.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pothos, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 13 0 12 0 27 10.6%
WCSP 56 158 13 0 0 227 89.4%