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Internal ID UUID643fe8be30ed0682638228
Scientific name Pothos chinensis
Authority (Raf.) Merr.
First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 210 (1948)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pothos balansae Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 3 (1898)
Pothos cathcartii Schott Aroideae : 22 (1856)
Pothos chinensis var. lotienensis C.Y.Wu & H.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 15: 101 (1977)
Pothos seemannii Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 44 (1857)
Pothos warburgii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 2 (1898)
Pothos yunnanensis Engl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 23B: 28 (1905)
Tapanava chinensis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 14 (1838)

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese ポトス・キネンシス
pwn kacu
Chinese 猛药
Chinese 毒蛇上树
Chinese 百步藤
Chinese 石上蟾蜍草
Chinese 石柑儿
Chinese 石百足
Chinese 石葫芦
Chinese 竹结草
Chinese 落山葫芦
Chinese 铁斑鸠
Chinese 铁板草
Chinese 青葫芦茶
Chinese 风瘫药
Chinese 马连鞍
Chinese 柚叶藤
Chinese 石蒲藤
Chinese 上树葫芦
Chinese 石柑子
Chinese 爬山虎
Chinese 青竹标
Chinese 葫芦草
Chinese 柚葉藤
Chinese 石柑子(石蒲藤)
Chinese 石柚
Chinese 翻背白草
Chinese 小毛铜钱菜
Chinese 伸筋草
Chinese 六扑风
Chinese 关刀草
Chinese 千年青
Chinese 大疮花
Chinese 岩石焦
Chinese 巴岩姜
Chinese 巴岩香

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  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
      • Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000281259
Tropicos 2103881
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88185-1
The Plant List kew-163659
Open Tree Of Life 3999516
NCBI Taxonomy 1366212
IPNI 88185-1
iNaturalist 635370
GBIF 5330311
EOL 1132858
USDA GRIN 423509
Wikipedia Pothos_chinensis

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From Flora to Pharmaceuticals: 100 new additions to angiosperms of Gafargaon subdistrict in Bangladesh and unraveling antidiabetic drug candidates targeting DPP4 through in silico approach Ahmed SS, Rahman MO PLoS One 29-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10980240
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301348
PMID:38551991
Ethnobotany and phytochemistry of plants used to treat musculoskeletal disorders among Skaw Karen, Thailand Kantasrila R, Pandith H, Balslev H, Wangpakapattanawong P, Panyadee P, Inta A Pharm Biol 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10763916
doi:10.1080/13880209.2023.2292261
PMID:38131672
Vegetation Classification and Distribution Patterns in the South Slope of Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve, Eastern Himalayas Wu PP, Wang Z, Jia NX, Dong SQ, Qu XY, Qiao XG, Liu CC, Guo K Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9105001
doi:10.3390/plants11091194
PMID:35567195
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Mulam people in Guangxi, China Hu R, Lin C, Xu W, Liu Y, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7333293
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00387-z
PMID:32616044
Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand Kantasrila R, Pandith H, Balslev H, Wangpakapattanawong P, Panyadee P, Inta A Plants (Basel) 28-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7412036
doi:10.3390/plants9070811
PMID:32605228
Anti-Infectious Plants of the Thai Karen: A Meta-Analysis Phumthum M, Balslev H Antibiotics (Basel) 02-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7345792
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9060298
PMID:32498413
Yao herbal medicinal market during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianghua County, China Luo B, Liu Y, Liu B, Liu S, Zhang B, Zhang L, Lin C, Liu Y, Kennelly EJ, Guo Z, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6192344
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0260-5
PMID:30333030
Ethnobotanical survey of plant species for herbal tea in a Yao autonomous county (Jianghua, China): results of a 2-year study of traditional medicinal markets on the Dragon Boat Festival Jin B, Liu Y, Xie J, Luo B, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6125875
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0257-0
PMID:30185187
Ethnobotany of wild plants used for starting fermented beverages in Shui communities of southwest China Hong L, Zhuo J, Lei Q, Zhou J, Ahmed S, Wang C, Long Y, Li F, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4458060
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0028-0
PMID:26017691
Ecological Facilitation between Two Epiphytes through Drought Mitigation in a Subtropical Rainforest Jian PY, Hu FS, Wang CP, Chiang JM, Lin TC PLoS One 31-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3669308
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064599
PMID:23741346

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