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Taxon:
Caladium bicolor
(Aiton) Vent.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Caladium
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Caladieae
Nomen number:
8333
Place of publication:
Mag. Encycl. 4(16):464. [22 Dec 1800-21 Jan] 1801 (Descr. pl. nouv. ad t. 30. 1801 Mar)
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Arum bicolor
Aiton
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caladium
×
hortulanum
Birdsey
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Birdsey, M. R.
1951. The cultivated aroids.
Deng, Z.
2018. Chapter 12.
Caladium
. Handbook of plant breeding 11: Ornamentals Springer International Publishing.. 273-299.
Note:
there are difficulties in assessing role of interspecific hybridization in breeding for cultivars in the genus
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Loh, J. P. et al.
1999. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) provides molecular markers for the identfication of
Caladium bicolor
cultivars. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 84:155-161.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Note:
Caladium bicolor
is cultivated by its ornamental foliage; it has many cultivars of unverified origin; AFLP technique was tested on six cultivars of
C. bicolor
, and it provided an accurate confirmation of their origins
Madison, M. T.
1981. Notes on
Caladium
(Araceae) and its allies. Selbyana 5:370-373.
Note:
treats in a broad sense
Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Thompson, R. L.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. English common names
Thongpukdee, A. et al.
2010. Somaclonal variation of
Caladium bicolor
(Ait.) Vent. 'Jao Ying' after in vitro culture propagation. Acta Hort. 855:281-288.
Note:
changes in culture media concentrations affect callus foliar variation
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
angel-wings –
Reference(s)
caladium –
Reference(s)
elephant's-ear –
Reference(s)
fancy-leaf caladium –
Reference(s)
Heart-of-Jesus –
Reference(s)
German
Elefantenohr –
Reference(s)
Engelsflügel –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
tinhorão –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kaladium –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
n.
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
also cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere in tropics
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(n.)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Name
References