Taxon: Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.

Common names:

• golden-pothos   (Source: Thompson, p.c.) – English
  
• Tongavine   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• variegated-philodendron   (Source: Thompson, p.c.) – English
  
• long wei cao   (Source: Econ Bot 52:108.) – Transcribed Chinese
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Econ Bot 52:109. 1998)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India [n.e.]
  North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar
  Indo-China: Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia - Celebes, Irian Jaya, Java, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sumatra; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Boyce, P. C. 1998. The genus Epipremnum Schott (Araceae-Monsteroideae-Monstereae) in west and central Malesia. Blumea 43:201.
• Chen, L. M. J. & I. M. Turner. 1998. Econ. Bot. 52:108–109.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). (L Araceae)
• Hay, A. et al. 1995. Checklist & botanical bibliography of the aroids of Malesia, Australia, and the tropical western Pacific. Blumea suppl. 8. (L Aroid Males)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
• Thompson, R. L. 1996. pers. comm. [re. English common names].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G. S. Bunting
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Epipremnum mirabile Schott
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Philodendron nechodomae Britton
  
• (=) Pothos aureus Linden & André
  
• (≡) Pothos pinnatus L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Rhaphidophora merrillii Engl.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Scindapsus aureus (Linden & André) Engl.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Epipremnum pinnatum cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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