Pothos (plant)

Pothos
Pothos repens
1900 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Tribe: Potheae
Genus: Pothos
L. (1753)
Synonyms
  • Batis Blanco (1837), illegitimate homonym, not P.Browne 1756
  • Goniurus C.Presl (1851)
  • Pedicellarum M.Hotta (1976)
  • Tapanava Adans. (1763)

Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae (tribe Potheae). It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The common houseplant Epipremnum aureum, also known as "pothos", was once classified under the genus Pothos.