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Golden Pothos
Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Aroids: philodendrons & tayer

Golden Pothos

Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G.S.Bunting

Names

EnglishGolden Pothos
Dutch—
SpanishPoto asiático
Chinese绿萝
Scientific nameEpipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G.S.Bunting

About this species

Epipremnum aureum is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions, but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands and the West Indies, where it has caused severe ecological damage in some cases.

The plant has a number of common names including golden pothos, Ceylon creeper, hunter's robe, ivy arum, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy, and taro vine. It is also called devil's vine or devil's ivy because it is very hardy and stays green even when kept in the dark. It is sometimes simply labelled Pothos, or mistakenly labelled as a Philodendron or Scindapsus in plant stores. It is commonly known as a money plant in many parts of the Indian subcontinent. It rarely flowers without artificial hormone supplements; one of the last known spontaneous flowerings in cultivation was reported in 1964.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusEpipremnum

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
2011First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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