Epipremnum amplissimum

Epipremnum amplissimum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Epipremnum, native to Southeast Asia, from New Guinea to Vanuatu including northern Australia.[1][2]

Epipremnum amplissimum
Epipremnum amplissimum growing in Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Epipremnum
Species:
E. amplissimum
Binomial name
Epipremnum amplissimum
Schott
Synonyms

Rhaphidophora amplissima

Juvenile E. amplissimum potted as a houseplant

Like the more commonly known Epipremnum aureum (Pothos), it is an evergreen vine typically on a tree as an epiphyte. Unlike the fenestrations of Epipremnum pinnatum, this species does not develop dramatically new leaf shapes when climbing, with young foliage having a narrow elliptic shape and then increasing in length and breadth as it grows. The plant is most commonly kept in cultivation in its juvenile state, where it may have blue-gray variegation that disappears with maturity.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Epipremnum amplissimum (Schott) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 182 (1880).", World Checlist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Wiersema, John H.; León, Blanca (2016-04-19). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-4665-7681-0.
  3. ^ Boyce, Peter (January 2004). "A Review of Epipremnum (Araceae) in Cultivation". Journal of the International Aroid Society. 27.

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