Caladium

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; angiosperms, monocots - clades; 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

Further reading

Caladium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Caladium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Caladium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Caladium at USDA Plants database
Caladium on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Caladium at the Catalogue of Life

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