Araceae

Caladium

Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

First published in Mag. Encycl. 4: 464 (1800)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Central America to Argentina (Salta). It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

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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 Republic, 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, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

Homotypic Synonyms

Arum bicolor Aiton in Hortus Kew. 3: 316 (1789)
Cyrtospadix bicolor (Aiton) Britton & P.Wilson in Bot. Porto Rico 5: 126 (1924)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Alocasia rex N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 731 (1892), nom. nud.
Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 3: 589 (1875)
Arum pellucidum Fulchir ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 42 (1841), pro syn.
Arum pulchrum Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 260 (1796)
Arum vermitoxicum Vell. in Fl. Flumin. 9: 386, t. 108 (1831 publ. 1881)
Caladium albicans F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 187 (1862)
Caladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 331 (1858)
Caladium amabile Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 70: 2 (1862)
Caladium amoenum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879)
Caladium appunianum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 466 (1879), not validly publ.
Caladium argyrospilum Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5: 185 (1858)
Caladium auritum Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 102: 39 (1863), nom. illeg.
Caladium baraquinii W.Bull ex J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 654 (1861)
Caladium barilletii T.Moore & Mast. in Gard. Chron. 1867: 461 (1867)
Caladium barraquinii Hérincq in Fl. Serres Jard. Paris, sér. 2, 3: 163 (1858)
Caladium bicolor var. albomaculatum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 460 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. bohemicum Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 34 (1920)
Caladium bicolor var. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 460 (1879)
Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. chantinii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 163 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. curwadlii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 163 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. devosianum (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium bicolor subvar. donizettii Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 34 (1920)
Caladium bicolor var. duchartrei Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. eckhartii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. enkeanum (K.Koch) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. haematostigma Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 42 (1841)
Caladium bicolor f. haematostigma (Kunth) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. hendersonii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. houbyanym Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. houlletii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 163 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. ketteleri Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 163 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. kochii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. kramerianum Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. laucheanum (K.Koch) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. leopoldii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. lindenii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. marginatum (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 161 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. mirabile (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. neumannii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 42 (1841)
Caladium bicolor var. perrieri (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. pictum (DC.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 42 (1841)
Caladium bicolor f. punctatissumum F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 181 (1862)
Caladium bicolor var. regale (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 165 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium bicolor f. robustum Jonker in Acta Bot. Neerl. 8: 145 (1959)
Caladium bicolor subvar. rosaceum Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 32 (1920)
Caladium bicolor var. roseomaculatum Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 36 (1920)
Caladium bicolor var. rubellum (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 161 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. rubicundum Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 161 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. rubrivenium Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. sieboldii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 163 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) E.J.Lowe & W.Howard in Beaut. Leaved Pl.: t. 4 (1859)
Caladium bicolor f. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 459 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. stangeanum (K.Koch) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. surinamense (Miq.) Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 31 (1920)
Caladium bicolor var. transparens Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 162 (1878)
Caladium bicolor var. vellozianum (Schott) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 459 (1879)
Caladium bicolor f. vellozianum (Schott) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 459 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. vermitoxicum (Vell.) Stellfeld in Arq. Mus. Paranaense 8: 176 (1950)
Caladium bicolor f. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium bicolor f. wightii (Lem.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium bicolor var. wightii (Lem.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 164 (1878)
Caladium brongniartii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5: 58 (1858)
Caladium camoensii Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 78: 9 (1879)
Caladium cannaertii Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 71: 2 (1862)
Caladium chantinii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5: 58 (1858)
Caladium chelsonii Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 63: 3 (1868)
Caladium concolor K.Koch in Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 135 (1857)
Caladium connaertii Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 102: 2 (1863)
Caladium curwadlii Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879)
Caladium devosianum Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1862: t. 322, f. 1 (1862)
Caladium discolor Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 3. 1: 545 (1859)
Caladium duchartrei Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium dussii Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1162 (1895)
Caladium eckhartii Lem. ex Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium enkeanum K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 4: 267 (1861)
Caladium firmulum Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 417 (1854)
Caladium formosum Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 72: 1 (1863)
Caladium gaerdtii K.Koch & Fintelm. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 288 (1858)
Caladium griseoargenteum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium haageanum K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 5: 136 (1862)
Caladium haematostigma (Kunth) F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 188 (1862)
Caladium hardii W.Bull ex J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 729 (1862)
Caladium hendersonii Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879)
Caladium hortulanum Bridsey in Cult. Aroids: 42 (1951)
Caladium houbyanum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium houlletii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1858: 59 (1858)
Caladium jacquinii Ten. in Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 13 (1833)
Caladium ketteleri Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879)
Caladium kochii K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 5: 135 (1862)
Caladium kramerianum K.Koch ex F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 186 (1862)
Caladium laucheanum K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 4: 266 (1861)
Caladium leopoldii Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 460 (1879)
Caladium lilliputianum André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 250 (1895)
Caladium lilliputiense Rodigas in Ill. Hort. 1895: 363 (1895)
Caladium lindenii F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 181 (1862)
Caladium macrophyllum Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1862: t. 316, 322 (1862)
Caladium marginatum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 6 (1855)
Caladium marmoratum L.Mathieu ex Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 5: 74 (1854)
Caladium martersteigianum K.Koch ex F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 186 (1862)
Caladium medioradiatum L.Linden & Rodigas in Ill. Hort. 37: 51 (1890)
Caladium mirabile Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1863: t. 354 (1863)
Caladium mooreanum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 462 (1879)
Caladium neumannii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1858: 58 (1858)
Caladium ottonis F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 181 (1862)
Caladium pallidinervium Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 463 (1879)
Caladium pallidum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 13 (1853)
Caladium pellucidum DC. in Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 4: 38 (1829)
Caladium perrieri Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1858: 59 (1858)
Caladium pictum DC. in Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 4: 38 (1829)
Caladium punctatissimum F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 186 (1862)
Caladium punctatum F.Dietr. in Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 192 (1826)
Caladium purdieanum Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 38 (1859)
Caladium pusillum K.Koch in Fl. Serres Jard. Paris, sér. 2, 3: 110 (1858)
Caladium regale Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1862: t. 316 (1862)
Caladium reichenbachii F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 181 (1862)
Caladium roseum F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 181 (1862)
Caladium rougieri Verschaff. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 414 (1864)
Caladium rubellum K.Koch & Fintelm. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 288 (1858)
Caladium rubricaule Lem. in Fl. Serres Jard. Paris, sér. 2, 3: 109 (1858)
Caladium rubrovenium Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 70: 3 (1861)
Caladium sagittifolium Sieber ex Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium sanguinolentum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 66: 7 (1870)
Caladium schaelleri W.Bull ex J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 631 (1861)
Caladium sieboldii Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 461 (1879), not validly publ.
Caladium sororium Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 38 (1859)
Caladium splendens K.Koch & Fintelm. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 288 (1858)
Caladium splendidens Veitch ex J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 372 (1862)
Caladium spruceanum Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 38 (1859)
Caladium stangeanum K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 4: 136 (1861)
Caladium strangeanum K.Koch ex F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 186 (1862)
Caladium surinamense Miq. in Index Seminum (AMD, Amstelodamensis) 1853: 3 (1853)
Caladium thelemannii Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 72: 2 (1863)
Caladium thripedestum Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5: 59 (1858)
Caladium vandenheckei Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 72: 2 (1863)
Caladium vellozianum Schott in Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 163 (1859)
Caladium verschaffeltii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5: 59 (1858)
Caladium wagneri Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 464 (1879)
Caladium wallisii F.F.Stange in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 187 (1862)
Caladium wightii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 1861: 294 (1861)
Xanthosoma sylvestre Bello in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 114 (1883)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Alismatales

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Araceae

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Caladium

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Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.
Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Descr. Pl. Nouv. Jard. Cels, 30, t. 30 (1800)
F.T.A. 8: 166.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
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Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
Almeida, V.R., Temponi, L.G. & Forzza, R.C. (2005). Araceae da Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 56: 127-144.
Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
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Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
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Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 2005	Carvalho, A.M.; Leuenberger, B.; Mattos Silva, L.A. [1874] Brazil		K000303460		Yes
Jan 1, 2005	Santos, T.S. [2999] Brazil		K000303459		Yes
Jan 1, 1981			K000434767	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Jan 1, 1981	Spruce, R. [2755] Brazil		K000434781	Type	Yes
Jan 1, 1981	Purdie [s.n.] Jamaica		K000434784	Type	Yes
Jan 1, 1981	Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil		K000434782	Type	Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979422		Yes
	Stubbings, H.G. [51] Nigeria		K002979438		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979449		Yes
	Simmonds, N.W. [115] Trinidad and Tobago		K002979312		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979457		Yes
	Bogner [850] Colombia		K002979357		Yes
	Mann [1150]		K002979403		Yes
	Steyermark, J.A.; Carreño Espinoza, V.; Brewer-Carias, C. [109850] Venezuela		K002979369		Yes
	Parker [s.n.] Guyana		K002979319		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979452		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979470		Yes
	Jinaun, J. [14] Malaysia		K002979412		Yes
	Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [564] Venezuela		K002979370		Yes
	Mann [1150]		K002979404		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979455		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979468		Yes
	Lehmann [376] Colombia		K002979355		Yes
	Gregory [22] Nigeria		K002979437		Yes
	Madison, M.T. [5518]		K002979419		Yes
	Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1415] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		K002979309		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979424		Yes
	[Scymoww] [A74] Colombia		K002979349		Yes
	Bunting, G.S. [6534] Venezuela		K002979365		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979465		Yes
	Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [27] Venezuela		K002979372		Yes
	Grenand [593] Guyana		K002979324		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979459		Yes
	Prévost, M.F. [3425] French Guiana		K002979331		Yes
	Marmo, V. [201] Sierra Leone		K002979432		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979463		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil		K002979339		Yes
	Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] Colombia		K002979350		Yes
	Sintenis, P. [s.n.]		K002979301		Yes
	Cremers, G. [8674] Guyana		K002979325		Yes
	Keith, H.G. [7690] Malaysia		K002979417		Yes
	Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37671] Nigeria		K002979439		Yes
	s.coll. [6117] Colombia		K002979352		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979421		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979399		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979305		Yes
	Jenman, G.S. [6337] Guyana		K002979322		Yes
	Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [9441] Peru		K002979360		Yes
	J.H.T.; Harberg-Jracy, J. [7] Venezuela		K002979366		Yes
	Madison, M.T. [s.n.] Ecuador		K002979362		Yes
	Deighton, F.C. [699] Sierra Leone		K002979429		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979456		Yes
	Eimunjeze; Ekwuno; Onijamowo [FHI69937] Nigeria		K002979435		Yes
	Whistler, W.A. [W2247] Samoa		K002979427		Yes
	Prévost, M.F. [3614] French Guiana		K002979329		Yes
	Engler, A. [239] Brazil		K002979414		Yes
	Prévost, M.F. [3614] French Guiana		K002979328		Yes
	Archer, W.A. [2369] Guyana		K002979318		Yes
	Haigh, A.; Biggs, N.; Castellanos, C.; Fabriani, F.; Frisby, S.; Galvis, L.M.; García, L.L.; Kiltgaard, B.B.; Lewis, G.P.; Lucas, E. [283] Colombia		K001907427		No
	Haigh, A.; Biggs, N.; Castellanos, C.; Fabriani, F.; Frisby, S.; Galvis, L.M.; García, L.L.; Kiltgaard, B.B.; Lewis, G.P.; Lucas, E. [283] Colombia		K001907426		No
	Cole, E.A. [EAC173]		K002979431		Yes
	Granvile [7127] French Guiana		K002979326		Yes
	Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1691] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		K002979307		Yes
	Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [49] Sierra Leone		K002979430		Yes
	Jeffrey, C. [162] Gabon		K002979411		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979423		Yes
	Grey, A. [s.n.]		K002979425		Yes
	[frd. Ins] [3003] Malaysia		K002979445		Yes
	Marmo, V. [137] Sierra Leone		K002979434		Yes
	Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [2528] Venezuela		K002979374		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979453		Yes
	Jeffrey, C. [162] Gabon		K002979410		Yes
	Schott [s.n.]		K002979420		Yes
	Mayo, S.J. [1599]		K002979476		Yes
	Prévost, M. [1230] Guyana		K002979323		Yes
	Abraham, A. [3125] India		K002979415		Yes
	Nicolson, D.H. [1492] Papua New Guinea		K002979418		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979450		Yes
	Bunting, G.S. [1612] Puerto Rico		K002979303		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979442		Yes
	Sandeman, C. [3377] Peru		K002979361		Yes
	Powell, H.; Curator [83] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		K002979308		Yes
	Manning, S.D. [1791] Cameroon		K002979408		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil		K001733733		Yes
	Lugas, L. [2719] Malaysia		K002979413		Yes
	Lehmann, F.C. [5363] Colombia		K002979351		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979443		Yes
	Archer, W.A. [2264] Guyana		K002979317		Yes
	Hu, S.Y. [5474] Hong Kong		K002979402		Yes
	Curry, P. [377] Vanuatu		K002979428		Yes
	Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		K002979310		Yes
	Barker, A. [1321] Liberia		K002979433		Yes
	Broadway, W.E. [6315] Trinidad and Tobago		K002979313		Yes
	{Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; J. de Bruijn} [957]		K002979409		Yes
	André, É. [673] Colombia		K002979354		Yes
	Léonard, J.J.G. [904] Congo, Democratic Republic of the		K002979405		Yes
	s.coll. [222]		K002979426		Yes
	Bos, J.J. [4273] Cameroon		K002979406		Yes
	Sintensis, P. [4546]		K002979302		Yes
	Broadway, W.E. [6315] Trinidad and Tobago		K002979311		Yes
	Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 37671] Nigeria		K002979440		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil		K002979337		Yes
	Lowe, J.L. [2222]		K002979436		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979451		Yes
	N.S. [4275] Colombia		K002979358		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979469		Yes
	Merrill, E.D. [94] Philippines		K002979446		Yes
	Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [CESL 49] Sierra Leone		K:SPC-26332.010		No
	Umana, O.A. [FHI29111] Nigeria		K002979441		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979460		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil		K002979464		Yes
	Dunn, D.; Case, P.; Trott, S.; Dziekanowski, C.; Thurm, D. [23255] El Salvador		K002979300		Yes
	André, É. [673] United States		K002979353		Yes
	Prévost, M.F. [3620] French Guiana		K002979327		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979462		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979398		Yes
	Whitton, B.A. [343] Guyana		K002979320		Yes
	Bunting, G.S. [1612] Puerto Rico		K002979304		Yes
	Engler, A. [138] Brazil		K002979340		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979458		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979444		Yes
	s.coll. [81159] Ecuador		K002979364		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979467		Yes
	Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [392] Colombia		K002979367		Yes
	Acre, R. [9209] Peru		K002979359		Yes
	Sodiro S.J., A. [191] Ecuador		K002979363		Yes
	Ollerton, J.; Gopaul, D.; Cranmer, L.; Henderson, B.; Kellie, S. [117] Guyana		K002979315		Yes
	Lehmann, F.C. [5363] Colombia		K002979356		Yes
	Steyermark, J.A.; Dunsterville, G.C.K.; Dunsterville, E. [98272] Venezuela		K002979368		Yes
	Ramage, G.A. [s.n.]		K002979306		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979466		Yes
	{Hj. Othman; Munting} [S55128] Malaysia		K002979401		Yes
			K:SPC-45619.000		No
	Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [564] Venezuela		K002979371		Yes
	Letouzey, R. [14423] Cameroon		K002979407		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979454		Yes
	Loher [2443]		K002979447		Yes
	Smith, A.C. [3375] Guyana		K002979321		Yes
	Prévost, M.F. [3622] French Guiana		K002979330		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]		K002979461		Yes
	Fendler, A. [1324] Venezuela		K000434766	Type	Yes
	Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [566] Venezuela		K002979373		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil		K002979338		Yes
	Hostmann [11] Suriname	Caladium bicolor var. surinamense	K000434783	Type	Yes

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

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Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Kew Backbone Distributions

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Herbarium Catalogue (144 records)

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Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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