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

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Common names:

• devil's-ivy   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• golden hunter's-robe   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• golden pothos   (Source: Exotic Rainforest ) – English
  
• goldene Efeutute   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• gullranka   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide L Araceae; Zander Ency; Aroideana 27:207-210. 2004)
  

Distributional range:

• PACIFIC
  South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia - Society Islands [Moorea]

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boyce, P. 2004. A review of Epipremnum (Araceae) in cultivation. Aroideana 27:207–210.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [= E. pinnatum ‘Aureum’].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
• Lucas, S. 2010. The Exotic Rainforest (on-line resource). accessed 1 Jul.
• Nicolson, D. H. 1978. Araceae. Pp. 345-348 in A. C. Smith (ed.), A precursor to a new flora of Fiji. Allertonia 1:347. [= E. pinnatum ‘Aureum’].
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. [= E. pinnatum ‘Aureum’].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Epipremnum aureum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Epipremnum aureum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Epipremnum aureum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Pothos aureus Linden & André (basionym)
  
• (≡) Scindapsus aureus (Linden & André) Engl.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G. S. Bunting:

• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Epipremnum aureum 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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