Pothos

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Pothos m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – certain flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia and Oceania.

• This genus no longer includes the plants of species Epipremnum aureum, vernacularly termed pothos in English.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae – superorder; Alismatales – order; Araceae – family; Pothoideae – subfamily; Potheae – tribe

• (genus): Pothos scandens – type species

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Pothos

1. (Greek mythology) One of Aphrodite's erotes, brother to Himeros and Eros.