Caladium
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Caladium

heart of Jesus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Caladium

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Aridae Takht.
pub. 1997
  
   SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Arales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
  
   Familia  Araceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Arums
  
   Tribus  Caladieae Schott in Schott & Endl.
pub. Melet. Bot.: 18. 1832.
   Subtribus  Caladiinae (Schott) Kitt. in A. Rich.
pub. Nouv. El�m. Bot., ed. 3, Germ. transl.: 708. 1840.
   Genus  Caladium Vent.
pub. (1801)
common name: caladium

Named members of the Genus Caladium

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   Species  bicolor (Ait.) Vent.
common name: heart of Jesus

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

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