Caladium Vent.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, India, Korea, Leeward Is., Malaya, Nicobar Is., Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aphyllarum S.Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 501 (1895)
- Phyllotaenium André in Ill. Hort. 19: t. 88 (1872)
Accepted Species
- Caladium amazonicum E.G.Gonç.
- Caladium andreanum Bogner
- Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
- Caladium clavatum Hett., Bogner & J.Boos
- Caladium coerulescens G.S.Bunting
- Caladium cortesiae Croat & E.G.Gonç.
- Caladium humboldtii (Raf.) Schott
- Caladium intermedium E.G.Gonç.
- Caladium lindenii (André) Madison
- Caladium macrotites Schott
- Caladium palaciosii Croat & L.P.Hannon
- Caladium picturatum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Caladium praetermissum Bogner & Hett.
- Caladium schomburgkii Schott
- Caladium smaragdinum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Caladium steudnerifolium Engl.
- Caladium stevensonii Croat & Delannay
- Caladium steyermarkii G.S.Bunting
- Caladium ternatum Madison
- Caladium tuberosum (S.Moore) Bogner & Mayo
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Descr. Pl. Nouv. Jard. Cels, 30 (1800)
- F.T.A. 8: 165.
CATE Araceae
- Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2008. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Critchett, C.I. [PP/104/20], St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 34431.000 | No |
Sources
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CATE Araceae
- Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0