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Epipremnum aureum Linden & André) G.S. Bunting

Common Name: Golden Pothos, Money Plant, Devil’s Ivy

Pothos, also sometimes called devil’s ivy, golden pothos, or hunter’s rove, is one of the most popular house plants. The scientific name is either Epipremnum pinnatum cv. ‘Aureum’ or E. aureum. However, there are a lot of characters on which E. pinnatum and ‘Aureum’ differ, so the latter may be more valid. In the past it has been classified under several different names including Pothos aureus, Rahphidophora aurea, R. pinnata, and Scindapsus aureus. This genus of about 15 species in the arum family (Araceae) occurs from Southeast Asia to the western Pacific. All are evergreen climbers with very different juvenile and mature foliage. In tropical regions pothos is grown as a ground cover or as a scrambler up trees. In our area it can be planted in hanging baskets, used as an underplanting for large potted plants or trees, or grown indoors as a pot plant or trained up a sphagnum pole. It is very efficient at removing indoor pollutants such as formaldehyde, xylene, and benzene. wo of the oldest and most popular Pothos types are Golden and Marble Queen.

References
1. https://www.epicgardening.com/marble-queen-pothos-vs-golden-pothos/
2. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/3/1390
3. https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/pothos-epipremmum-aureum/