Caladium
See also: caladium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Malay keladi (“caladium, arroid”)
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; "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
- Category: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