Pothos
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Hierarchical position of the Genus Pothos

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Aridae Takht.
pub. 1997
  
   SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Arales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
  
   Familia  Araceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Arums
  
   Subfamilia  Pothoideae Engl.
pub. Nova Acta Acad. Leopold-Carol. 39: 140. 1876.
   Tribus  Potheae Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 67. Sep 1830.
   Subtribus  Pothinae Schott in Schott & Endl.
pub. Melet. Bot.: 21. 1832.
   Genus  Pothos L.
pub. (1753)

Named members of the Genus Pothos

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   Species  aurea Lindl. & Andr�
syn. Epipremnum pinnatum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

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