Araceae
Pothos

Pothos ovatifolius Engl.

First published in Pflanzenr., IV, 23B: 40 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Malesia to Philippines. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.

CATE Araceae

  • Abranowicz, E. 1912. Über das Wachstum der Knollen von Sauromatum guttatum Schott und Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu. 62: 449-458.
  • Boyce, P.C. & Hay, A. 2001. A taxonomic revision of Araceae tribe Potheae (Pothos, Pothoidium and Pedicellarum) for Malesia, Australia and the tropical Western Pacific. Telopea. 9 (3): 449-571

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2001 Vidal, S. [3969] Philippines K000291828 Type Yes
Gaerlan; Reynoso [20331] Philippines K002089032 Yes
Lugas, L. [320] Malaysia K002088830 Yes
s.coll. [9618] Philippines K002089028 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [819] Philippines K002089020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002089031 Yes
Nur, Mohd [21753] Singapore K002088470 Yes
Edaño, G.E. [56725] Philippines K002089023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002089030 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI 362] Philippines K002089029 Yes
s.coll. [15204] Philippines K002089024 Yes
Edaño, G.E. [56725] Philippines K002089021 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [4759] Indonesia K002088828 Yes
Ramos, M. [[2-327]] Philippines K002089026 Yes
Nur, Mohd [21753] Singapore K002088469 Yes
Nur, Mohd [21753] Singapore K002088468 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [4457] Indonesia K002088829 Yes
Ramos, M. [2-107] Philippines K002089019 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [4760] Indonesia K002088827 Yes
s.coll. [9243] Philippines K002089025 Yes
s.coll. [14014] Philippines K002089027 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [762] Philippines K002089022 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images