Editing Epipremnum aureum (section)

{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Money Plant (Epipremnum aureum) 4.jpg
| image_caption = Matured ''Epipremnum aureum'' or golden pothos
| genus = Epipremnum
| species = aureum
| authority = ([[Jean Jules Linden|Linden]] & [[Édouard André|André]]) [[George Sydney Bunting|G.S.Bunting]], 1964
| synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}
| synonyms = *''Epipremnum mooreense''<br/><small>[[Jean Nadeaud|Nadeaud]], 1899</small>
*''Pothos aureus''<br/><small>Linden & André, 1880</small>
*''Rhaphidophora aurea''<br/><small>(Linden & André) [[Monroe Roberts Birdsey|Birdsey]], 1963</small>
*''Scindapsus aureus''<br/><small>(Linden & André) [[Adolf Engler|Engl.]], 1908</small>
}}

'''''Epipremnum aureum''''' is a species in the arum family [[Araceae]], native to [[Mo'orea]] in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.{{R|POWO}} The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become [[Naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa,<ref name="sciencedirect.com">{{Cite journal|date=2017-03-01|title=Assessing and managing the threat posed by Epipremnum aureum in South Africa|journal=South African Journal of Botany|language=en|volume=109|pages=178–188|doi=10.1016/j.sajb.2016.12.005|issn=0254-6299|doi-access=free|last1=Moodley |first1=D. |last2=Procheş |first2=Ş. |last3=Wilson |first3=J.R.U. }}</ref> Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands and the West Indies, where it has caused severe ecological damage in some cases.<ref name="sciencedirect.com"/>

The plant has a number of common names including '''golden pothos''', '''Ceylon creeper''',<ref name = RHSPF/> '''hunter's robe''', '''ivy arum''', '''silver vine''', '''Solomon Islands ivy''', and '''taro vine'''. It is also called '''devil's vine''' or '''devil's ivy''' because it is very hardy and stays green even when kept in the dark.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meshram, Srivastava|first=Anju, Nidhi|date=Apr–Jun 2014|title=Molecular and physiological role of Epipermnum aureum|journal=[[International Journal of Green Pharmacy]]|volume=8|issue=2|pages=73–76|doi=10.4103/0973-8258.129566 |doi-access=free }}</ref> It is sometimes simply labelled ''[[Pothos (plant)|Pothos]],'' or mistakenly labelled as a ''[[Philodendron]]'' or ''[[Scindapsus]]'' in plant stores. It is commonly known as a '''money plant''' in many parts of Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/news/astrology/article1-vastu-tips-for-money-plant--682300.html|title=बरकत के साथ नुकसान भी कर सकता है मनी प्लांट, जानिए कैसे - Hindustan|website=Live Hindustan|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080448/http://www.livehindustan.com/news/astrology/article1-vastu-tips-for-money-plant--682300.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/a2z/2015/05/04/217633|title=বারান্দায় সবুজের মেলা {{!}} কালের কণ্ঠ|last=Kantho|first=Kaler|newspaper=Kalerkantho|access-date=2017-02-10|language=bn}}</ref> It rarely flowers without artificial hormone supplements; one of the last known spontaneous flowerings in cultivation was reported in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boyce |first1=Peter |title=A Review of Epipremnum (Araceae) in Cultivation |url=https://www.aroid.org/gallery/boyce/A%20Review%20of%20Epipremnum%20%28Araceae%29%20in%20cultivation%20-%20%5BAroideana%2027%2C%20199_205%5D%20-%20Boyce%202004.pdf |website=aroid.org |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> An amateur grower discovered a flowering Epipremnum aureum in 2023. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/plantclinic/comments/11s6u1x/anyone_know_whats_up_with_this_golden_pothos_just/</ref>

The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web|title=''Epipremnum aureum''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91403/Epipremnum-aureum/Details|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 35 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 6 February 2018}}</ref>