Caladium/kəˈleɪdiəm/[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), heart of Jesus,[3] and angel wings. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.[4]
The genus Caladium includes seven species that are native to South America and Central America, and naturalized in India, parts of Africa, and various tropical islands.[1] They grow in open areas of the forest and on the banks of rivers and go dormant during the dry season. The wild plants grow to 15–35 inches (40–90 cm) tall, with leaves mostly 6-18 inches (15–45 cm) long and broad.[5][6]
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
^Caladium bicolor
^Caladium bicolor
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^Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
Caladium /kəˈleɪdiəm/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with...
Caladium bicolor, called Heart of Jesus, is a species in the genus Caladium from Latin America. It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped...
Caladium lindenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, named after Belgian botanist Jean Jules Linden. Cultivars include Caladium lindenii...
commercial propagation of the plant around 1996. It was first described as Caladium zamiifolium by Loddiges in 1829, but moved to the genus Zamioculcas by...
possessing large, heart-shaped leaves, usually within such genera as Alocasia, Caladium, Monstera, Philodendron, Syngonium, Thaumatophyllum, and Xanthosoma. In...
scent further. Within the Araceae, genera such as Alocasia, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Syngonium, Epipremnum, Aglaonema and Philodendron...
Its public shareholders then included International Finance Corporation; Caladium Investment Pte Ltd (the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, an arm of GIC);...
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suggest sterilization of Russian prisoners of war utilizing the sap of the caladium plant, which, according to an article in a medical journal, was thought...
the latter name is also applied to members in the closely related genera Caladium, Colocasia (taro), and Alocasia. The leaves of most Xanthosoma species...
broad-leaved perennials in tropical & subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia Caladium, ornamental plants with arrowhead-shaped leaves originally from South America...
3109/15563659109025745. PMID 1749055. "Dieffenbachia". ASPCA. Plant Poisoning, Caladium, Dieffenbachia, and Philodendron at eMedicine GN Lucas – Sri Lanka Journal...
some other large-leaved genera in the Araceae, notably Xanthosoma and Caladium. The generic name is derived from the ancient Greek word kolokasion, which...
growing and crossbreeding of orchids, and the creation of new forms of caladium, bromeliad, crinum, amaryllis and hemerocallis (daylily). In addition,...
the Brigade Corporate Offices, consisting of Magnum, Opus, Triumph and Caladium. It also serves prime locations including Aster CMI Hospital, Amruthahalli...
S2CID 9261722. Pramod, Archana (21 March 2023). "What Is Caladium Poisoning?". www.icliniq.com. "Caladium". Pet Poison Helpline. A Dictionary of Flowering Plants...
of the Arum Family. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1988 Plant Poisoning, Caladium, Dieffenbachia, and Philodendron at eMedicine Gilman, Edward F (1999)....
purple), maroon, cream, white, and red (somewhat resembling the unrelated Caladium). The leaf shape also varies from broadly ovate to more narrowly lanceolate...
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