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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

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos barberianus Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos beccarianus Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos brevistylus Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos clavatus Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivad. & N.Mohanan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos curtisii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos cuspidatus Alderw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos cylindricus C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos decurrens Wall.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos dolichophyllus Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos englerianus Alderw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos erythrurus Tausch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos gigantipes Buchet ex P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos gracillimus Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos grandiflorus Steudn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos grandis Buchet ex P.C.Boyce & V.D.Nguyen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos hellwigii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos hookeri Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos inaequilaterus (C.Presl) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos insignis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos junghuhnii de Vriese	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos keralensis A.G.Pandurangan & V.J.Nair	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos kerrii Buchet ex P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos kingii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos lancifolius Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos latifolius L.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos laurifolius P.C.Boyce & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos leptostachyus Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos longipes Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos longivaginatus Alderw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos longus Ridl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos lucidus hort. ex Kunth	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos luzonensis (C.Presl) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos macrocephalus Scort. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos marginatus Wall.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos membranulifer de Vriese ex Engl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos membranuliferus Walp.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos mirabilis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos motleyanus Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos nigricans auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos nitens W.Bull	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos oblongifolius Tausch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos oliganthus P.C.Boyce & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos ovatifolius Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos oxyphyllus Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos parvispadix Nicolson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos paucinervius Ridl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos pentaphylla Sims	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos philippinensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos pilulifer Buchet ex P.C.Boyce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos platynervron Desf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos polystachyus Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos remotiflorus Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos reptans (G. Don) Link & Otto ex Steud.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos roxburghii de Vriese	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos rubescens (G. Don) Link & Otto ex Steud.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Pothos salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos sanderianus auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos scandens L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos spectabilis auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos tener Wall.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos thomsonianus Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos touranensis Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos umbraculifera de Vriese	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos ventricosus Hoffmanns.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos versteegii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos wallichii Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pothos zippelii Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 156 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pothos. Of these 58 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 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 156 species names for the genus Pothos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	58	37.2%
◕	Synonym	78	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	20	12.8%

All names

The status of the 174 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pothos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	58	33.3%
◕	Synonym	96	55.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	20	11.5%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 12 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 156 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	71	0	0	127	81.4%
	Medium confidence	2	5	0	0	7	4.5%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	20	22	14.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Pothos is as follows: