MULTI-ACCESS KEY TO Pothos
IN THAILAND AND INDOCHINA
(adult plants only)
Petiole
Expanded and flattened, leaf resembling that of many Citrus
1. P. chinensis,
2. P. dzui, 3. P.
gigantipes, 4. P. grandis,
5. P. kerrii, 6. P.
macrocephalus, 7. P.
pilulifer,
8. P. repens, 9. P.
scandens
Slender, canaliculate . . . . 10. P.
curtisii, 11. P.
kingii, 12. P. lancifolius,
13. P. lorispathus,
P. touranensis
Inflorescence
Large, pale or sombre coloured . 2. P. dzui,
4. P. grandis, 8. P.
repens, 10. P.
curtisii, 13. P.
lorispathus, P.
touranensis
Large, brightly coloured . . . 3. P.
gigantipes, 6. P. macrocephalus,
11. P. kingii
Small . . 1. P. chinensis,
5. P. kerrii, 7. P.
pilulifer, 9. P.
scandens, 13. P. lancifolius
Peduncle
Notably long, stout . . 2. P. dzui,
3. P. gigantipes, 4. P.
grandis, 6. P. macrocephalus,
8. P. repens, 9. P.
scandens, 10. P. curtisii,
12. P. lancifolius,
13. P. lorispathus,
P. touranensis
Notably long, very slender . . . . . . . . 5. P.
kerrii
Short to absent (or nearly so) . . . .1. P.
chinensis, 7. P.
pilulifer, 9. P.
scandens
Stipe
Short to absent (or nearly so) . . 1. P.
chinensis, 4. P. grandis,
8. P. repens, 9. P.
scandens, 10. P. curtisii,
11. P. kingii, 12. P.
lancifolius, 13. P.
lorispathus
Stout, straight or flexuous at anthesis 2. P.
dzui, 3. P. gigantipes,
6. P. macrocephalus, 7.
P. pilulifer, 13. P.
curtisii, 13. P.
lorispathus,14. P.
touranensis
Very slender, traight or flexuous at anthesis, . . . . . . 5. P.
kerrii
Sharply bent at anthesis . . . . . . . . 9. P.
scandens
Spadix
Fertile portion of spadix cylindrical 2. P.
dzui, 8. P. repens,
10. P. curtisii,
11. P. kingii, 12. P.
lancifolius, 13. P.
lorispathus, 14. P.
touranensis
Fertile portion of spadix globose to ovoid 1. P.
chinensis, 3. P. gigantipes,
4. P. grandis, 5. P.
kerrii, 6. P. macrocephalus,
7. P.pilulifer, 9. P.
scandens
Flowers
Congested on the spadix . 1. P.
chinensis, 2. P. dzui,
3. P. gigantipes, 4. P.
grandis, 5. P. kerrii,
6. P. macrocephalus,
7. P. pilulifer, 8. P.
repens, 9. P.
scandens, 11. P. kingii,
12. P. lancifolius,
13. P. lorispathus,
14. P. touranensis
Widely scattered on the spadix . . . . . . . 10. P.
curtisii
Thai and Indochinese Pothos species arranged by country
Cambodia: 1. P. chinensis,
?3. P. gigantipes, 9. P.
scandens.
China: 1. P. chinensis,
?4. P. grandis, 7. P.
pilulifer, 8. P. repens,
9. P.
scandens.
Lao P.D.R.: 1. P. chinensis,
5. P. kerrii, 8. P.
repens, 9. P.
scandens.
Mynamar: 1. P. chinensis,
9. P.
scandens.
Taiwan: 1. P. chinensis.
Thailand: 1. P. chinensis,
6. P. macrocephalus,
9. P.
scandens, 10. P. curtisii,
11. P. kingii 13. P.
lorispathus.
Vietnam: 1. P. chinensis,
2. P. dzui, 3. P.
gigantipes, 4. P. grandis,
5. P. kerrii, 7. P.
pilulifer,
8. P. repens, 9. P.
scandens, 12. P. lancifolius,
14.P. touranensis.
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