Caladium

See also: caladium

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from a language of the American tropics kale

Proper noun

Caladium n

1. 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