| Sirih gading | |
|---|---|
| |
| Pothos repens Ilustrasi, 1900[1] | |
Klasifikasi ilmiah 
| |
| Kerajaan: | Plantae |
| Klad: | Tracheophyta |
| Klad: | Angiospermae |
| Klad: | Monokotil |
| Ordo: | Alismatales |
| Famili: | Araceae |
| Tribus: | Potheae |
| Genus: | Pothos Linnaeus (1753) |
Pothos atau sirih gading adalah genus tumbuhan berbunga dalam keluarga Araceae (suku Potheae). Ia berasal dari Tiongkok, anak benua India, Australia, New Guinea, Asia Tenggara, dan berbagai pulau di Samudera Pasifik dan Hindia.[2][3][4][5]
Tanaman hias Epipremnum aureum pernah diklasifikasikan dalam genus Pothos.
Jenis
suntingSebanyak 65 spesies telah diketahui, yaitu:[6]
- Pothos armatus C.E.C.Fisch. - Kerala
- Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta - Borneo
- Pothos barberianus Schott- Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
- Pothos beccarianus Engl. - Borneo
- Pothos boyceanus G.Rajkumar, Shaju, Nazarudeen & Prakashk. - India (Kerala)
- Pothos brassii B.L.Burtt - Queensland
- Pothos brevistylus Engl. - Borneo
- Pothos brevivaginatus Alderw. - Sumatra
- Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr. - China, Tibet, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan
- Pothos clavatus Engl. - New Guinea
- Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivad. & N.Mohanan - southern India
- Pothos curtisii Hook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
- Pothos cuspidatus Alderw. - western New Guinea
- Pothos cylindricus C.Presl - Sabah, Sulawesi, Philippines
- Pothos degenerans S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan)
- Pothos dolichophyllus Merr. - Philippines
- Pothos dzui P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
- Pothos englerianus (Engl.) Alderw. - Sumatra
- Pothos falcifolius Engl. & K.Krause - Maluku, New Guinea
- Pothos fractiflexus Joling, J.T.Pereira & Damit - Borneo (Sabah)
- Pothos gigantipes Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Vietnam, Cambodia
- Pothos gracillimus Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Pothos grandis Buchet ex P.C.Boyce & V.D.Nguyen - Vietnam
- Pothos hellwigii Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
- Pothos hookeri Schott - Sri Lanka
- Pothos inaequilaterus (C.Presl) Engl. - Philippines
- Pothos insignis Engl. - Borneo, Palawan
- Pothos junghuhnii de Vriese - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Pothos keralensis A.G. Pandurangan & V.J. Nair - Kerala
- Pothos kerrii Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam
- Pothos kingii Hook.f. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos lancifolius Hook.f. - Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos laurifolius P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei
- Pothos leptostachyus Schott - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Pothos longipes Schott - Queensland, New South Wales
- Pothos longivaginatus Alderw. - Borneo
- Pothos luzonensis (C.Presl) Schott - Luzon, Samar
- Pothos macrocephalus Scort. ex Hook.f. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
- Pothos mirabilis Merr. - Sabah, Kalimantan Timur
- Pothos motleyanus Schott - Kalimantan
- Pothos oliganthus P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Sarawak
- Pothos ovatifolius Engl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- Pothos oxyphyllus Miq. - Borneo, Sumatra, Java
- Pothos paiei (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong, A.Hay & P.C.Boyce – Borneo
- Pothos papuanus Becc. ex Engl. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Pothos parvispadix Nicolson - Sri Lanka
- Pothos philippinensis Engl. - Philippines
- Pothos pilulifer Buchet ex P.C.Boyce - Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
- Pothos polystachyus Engl. & K.Krause - Papua New Guinea
- Pothos remotiflorus Hook. - Sri Lanka
- Pothos repens (Lour.) Druce - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam
- Pothos roxburghii de Vriese - Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos salicifolius Ridl. ex Burkill & Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia
- Pothos scandens L. - Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
- Pothos tener (Roxb.) Wall. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
- Pothos thomsonianus Schott - southern India
- Pothos tirunelveliensis Sasikala & Reema Kumari - India (Tamil Nadu)
- Pothos touranensis Gagnep. - Vietnam
- Pothos venustus (Wall. ex C.DC.) A.Hay & P.C.Boyce - Singapore
- Pothos versteegii Engl. - New Guinea
- Pothos vietnamensis V.D.Nguyen & P.C.Boyce – Vietnam
- Pothos volans P.C.Boyce & A.Hay - Brunei, Sarawak
- Pothos zippelii Schott - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
Referensi
sunting- ^ Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.126 [ser.3:v.56] (1900)
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002).
- ^ Boyce, P.C. (2009).
- ^ Flora of China, Vol.
- ^ Pothos L. Plants of the World Online.
