Caladium

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 the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), Heart of Jesus, and Angel Wings. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Heart of Jesus

speciesCaladium bicolor

Dwarf Caladium

speciesCaladium humboldtii

Caladium steudnerifolium

speciesCaladium steudnerifolium

Caladium praetermissum

speciesCaladium praetermissum

Caladium smaragdinum

speciesCaladium smaragdinum

Caladium clavatum

speciesCaladium clavatum

Caladium schomburgkii

speciesCaladium schomburgkii

Caladium picturatum

speciesCaladium picturatum

Caladium palaciosii

speciesCaladium palaciosii

Caladium macrotites

speciesCaladium macrotites

Caladium andreanum

speciesCaladium andreanum

Caladium coerulescens

speciesCaladium coerulescens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 141506.