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Caladium bicolor

Fancy-leaved Caladium

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Fancy-leaved Caladium, Heart of Jesus; German Kaladie

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Trinidad - Brazil

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental leaves

KEY FEATURES: 'E.O.Orpet' LEAVES narrow-oval tapering to a point at tip, pink with red veins, & dark undulating margins; petiole dark.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+++
-

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Caladium bicolor (Aiton)
SYNONYMS: Caladium X hortulanum; Caladium hortulanum 'E.O.Orpet'

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); ARECIDAE; Arales; ARACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.160 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.196 Hortus 3rd
p.181 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.98 Tropica
p.1/458 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.26 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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