Caladium

Ventenat 1801

To this genus belong 12-16 wild species, and one hybrid species.
Caladium is native to the tropics of South America.
Until 1981 it belonged to the subfamily Colocasioideae, now it is in Aroideae, tribe Caladieae.

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Caladium lindenii	Caladium × hortulanum

Link to Paul Resslar's Caladium pages Link to Krzysztof Kozminski's pages on Caladium Link to Lester Kallus's pages on Caladium Link to David Scherberich - Caladium
Link to Philippe Faucon's Desert-Tropicals Caladium Link to Michael Mattlage - Caladium and Xanthosoma

page created on 2002-04-11
last modified on 2002-10-20