EXCLUDED SPECIES

Epipremnum asperatum Engl., Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4 (1879) 270. -- Types: Papua New
Guinea, Fly River, d’Albertis s.n. (FI syn); Indonesia, Maluku, Pulau Ternate, Beccari PM
s.n. (FI syn).
Note - synonym of Amydrium zippelianum (Schott) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum beccarii Engl., Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4 (1879) 269. -- Type: Malaysia,
Sarawak, Beccari PB 832 (FI holo).
Note - synonym of Rhaphidophora beccarii (Engl.) Engl. (see Hay et al., 1995).

Epipremnum elmerianum Engl in Engl., Pflanzenr. 37 (IV.23B) (1908) 66 -- Type:
Philippines, Leyte, Palo, Jan. 1906, Elmer 7295 (B† holo; BO, G iso).
Note - a synonym of Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum foraminiferum Engl., Bot., Jahrb. Syst. 25 (1898) 11. -- Type: Bogor
Botanic Garden (B† holo).
Note - synonym of Rhaphidophora foraminifera (Engl.) Engl. (see Hay et al., 1995).

Epipremnum grandifolium (Engl.) Engl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 37 (IV.23B) (1908) 56. --
Scindapsus grandifolius Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25 (1898) 13. -- Type: cultivated Bogor
Botanic Garden (B† holo).
Note - In publishing Scindapsus grandifolius Engler used the characters of a single ovule on a basal placenta and a more-or-less straight embryo to decide generic placement. Subsequently, during a visit to Bogor Botanic Garden, he collected inflorescences in spirits (now at B!) and observed the seeds to be albuminous. At that time (1906) Scindapsus was considered to have exalbuminous seeds and Epipremnum albuminous seeds. In transferring Scindapsus grandifolius to Epipremnum Engler clearly placed greater emphasis on seed albumen content than on the more numerous pistil characters, even though by these latter characters E. grandifolium is incongruous in Epipremnum as defined by Engler. Recent studies of Araceae seed by Seubert (1993) have demonstrated that seeds of Scindapsus do in fact contain small quantities of endosperm. Thus the basis of Engler’s transfer is diminished and Scindapsus grandifolius is here reinstated. However, as Noted above (see particularly E. ceramense and E. falcifolium), the characters usually cited to support the continued maintenance of Epipremnum and Scindapsus as distinct genera are now much weakened.

Epipremnum humile (Schott) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 659. -- Type: Locality not
known with certainty (see Nicolson, 1968), Korthals s.n. (L).
Note - synonym of Amydrium humile Schott (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum luzonense K. Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45 (1911) 659. -- Type: Philippines,
Luzon, Laguna, Paete, July 1909, Ramos BS 10052 (PNH† holo).
Note - synonym of Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum magnificum Engl., Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4 (1879) 270. -- Types: Indonesia,
Sulawesi, Lepo-Lepo near Kandari, Beccari PS s.n. (FI syn); Papua New Guinea, Andai,
Beccari PP 536 (FI syn).
Note - synonym of Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum mampuanum Alderw., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 1 (1920) 378. -- Type:
cultivated Bogor Botanic garden from specimen collected in Sulawesi, Gn Mampoe, van
Vuuren sub. Alderwerelt 251 (BO holo).
Note - synonym of Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum medium (Zoll. & Moritzi) Engl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 2 (1879) 250. --
Type: Indonesia, Java, Zollinger 982 (G holo; FI iso).
Note - synonym of Amydrium medium (Zoll. & Moritzi) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum minatum Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10 (1938) 3622, nom. nud., descr. Angl.
-- Based on: Elmer 1422 (PNH†; US), Elmer 15113 (US) and Elmer 16422 (US).
Note - referable to Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum multicephalum Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10 (1938) 3624, nom. nud., descr.
Angl. -- Based on: Elmer 16061 (P, US).
Note - referable to Rhaphidophora korthalsii Schott (see Hay et al., 1995).

Epipremnum palauense Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30 (1916) 401. – Type: ****.
Note – synonym of Rhaphodophora koidzumii Kaneh., (nom. nov.) Fl. Micron. (1933) 409

Epipremnum philippinense Engl. & K. Krause in Engl., Pflanzenr. 37 (IV.23B) (1908) 137.
-- Type: Philippines, Luzon, Tayabas, May 1907, Elmer 7623 (B holo).
Note - synonym of Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum sorsogonense Elmer ex. Merr., Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl. 1 (1923) 177, nom.
nud. -- Based on: Elmer 16422 (US).
Note - referable to Amydrium magnificum (Engl.) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum truncatum Engl. & K. Krause in Engl., Pflanzenr. 37 (IV.23B) (1908) 63. --
Type: Philippines, Leyte, Palo, Jan. 1906, Elmer 7291 (B holo; L iso).
Note - synonym of Amydrium medium (Zoll. & Moritzi) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).

Epipremnum zippelianum (Schott) Engl, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1 (1881) 182. -- Type: Zippel
s.n. (L holo).
Note - synonym of Amydrium zippelianum (Schott) Nicolson (see Nicolson, 1968).