Pothos scandens

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Pothos scandens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Pothoideae
Tribe: Potheae
Genus: Pothos
Species:
P. scandens
Binomial name
Pothos scandens
Synonyms

Tapanava rheedei Hassk.
Tapanava indica Raf.
Pothos zollingerianus Schott
Pothos zollingeri Engl.
Pothos scandens var. zollingerianus
Pothos scandens var. zeylanicus
Pothos scandens var. sumatranus
Pothos scandens var. helferianus
Pothos scandens var. cognatus
Pothos scandens f. angustior
Pothos microphyllus C.Presl
Pothos longifolius C.Presl
Pothos leptospadixde Vriese
Pothos horsfieldii Miq.
Pothos hermaphroditus(Blanco) Merr.
Pothos fallax Schott
Pothos exiguiflorus Schott
Pothos decipiens Schott
Pothos cognatus Schott
Pothos chapelieri Schott
Pothos angustifolius Reinw. ex Miq.
Pothos angustifolius(Raf.) C.Presl
Podospadix angustifolia Raf.
Batis hermaphrodita Blanco

Contents

Pothos scandens [1] is a climbing tropical forest plant in the calla lily family Araceae. [2] [3] It is the type species of the genus Pothos . No subspecies are recorded in the Catalogue of Life. [2] Its leaves are like those of the makrut lime Citrus hystrix , with the petiole expanded into a cladode with a single terminal leaflet [4]

The distribution of P. scandens is: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Comoros, India (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera), Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah), Myanmar, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnamese it is called tràng phao dây or ráy leo.

References

  1. ↑ Carl von Linné (1753) In: Species Plantarum (in Latin): 968
  2. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pothos scandens L." The Plant List. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Fayaz, Ahmed (2011). Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books. p. 83. ISBN   978-1-55407-489-1.
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