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Pothos
Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae (tribe Potheae). It is native to areas from Madagascar through India, China and Southeast Asia to Australia and the southwest Pacific.
The common houseplant Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as 'pothos', was once classified under this genus.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pothos
subgenusPothos
Allopothos
subgenusAllopothos
Pothos keralensis
speciesPothos keralensis
Pothos paiei
speciesPothos paiei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 362906.