Caladium
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See also: caladium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from a language of the American tropics kale
Proper noun
Caladium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – tuberous plants with colorful leaves, naive to the tropical Americas, used for their ornamental purposes, elephant ears, heart of Jesus, angel's wings.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Caladieae - tribus:
Hyponyms
- (genus): Caladium andreanum, Caladium bicolor, Caladium coerulescens, Caladium humboldtii, Caladium lindenii, Caladium macrotites, Caladium picturatum, Caladium schomburgkii, Caladium smaragdinum, Caladium steyermarkii, Caladium ternatum, Caladium tuberosum - species
References
Caladium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Caladium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Caladium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Caladium at USDA Plants database
- Caladium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Caladium at the Catalogue of Life
- Caladium at Tropicos
