Caladium
See also: caladium
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from a language of the American tropics kale
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
- (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 edit
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
