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Epipremnum aureum, the Pearls and Jade pothos, is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. [1] 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, [2] Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands ...
Philodendron is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. As of June 2013, the Plants of the World Online accepted 621 species; [2] ...
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 .
In 1789, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu classified all climbing aroids as Pothos and all terrestrial aroids as either Arum or Dracontium in his book Familles des Plantes. [ citation needed ] The first major system of classification for the family was produced by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott , who published Genera Aroidearum in 1858 and Prodromus ...
In the 1920s, commercial houseplant production began in California, focused on the Kentia palm and the pothos, later expanding to include Philodendron and Araucaria species in the 1940s. [17] During World War II, houseplants became more common in offices, which began to more closely resemble the domestic environment as more women entered the ...
Epipremnum pinnatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has many common names, including centipede tongavine, taro vine, silver vine and dragon-tail plant.
Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum (common names: split-leaf philodendron, [1] lacy tree philodendron, selloum, horsehead philodendron, [2] guaimbé [citation needed]) is a plant in the genus Thaumatophyllum, in the family Araceae. Previously it was classified in the genus Philodendron within subgenus Meconostigma.
Monstera deliciosa, the Swiss cheese plant [2] or split-leaf philodendron [3] is a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico, south to Panama. [4] It has been introduced to many tropical areas, and has become a mildly invasive species in Hawaii , Seychelles , Ascension Island and the Society Islands .