Caladium

	Caladium
	; Caladium Bicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Monocotyledonous
Order :	Lilianae
Order:	Chastochotsvetnye
Family:	Aroid
Subfamily :	Aroid
Tribe :	Caladieae
Gender:	Caladium
International scientific name
	Caladium Vent. , 1800
Synonyms
	Aphyllarum S. Moore; Phyllotaenium andré;
Kinds
	See text

Caladium ( lat. Caladium ) is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants of the Aroidae family ( Araceae ). The genus includes about 15 species found in tropical America . Plants form a dense tropical undergrowth . They are used in agriculture to produce starch , most often in decorative gardening for large brightly colored leaf blades of different colors.

Title

Caladium should not be confused with tropical grass Cladium from the Osokovye family .

Inflorescence with a coverlet (covering sheet) of two-color caladium.

Description

Found in tropical America ( Brazil , Florida ), form a dense tropical undergrowth. They are succulent perennial herbs with large arrow-shaped leaves, reminiscent of a card suit of hearts in shape. Because of the shape of the leaves, caladiums were colloquially called elephant ears, the heart of Christ, angel wings. In the original range, leaf blades of caladium reach 30-50 centimeters in width. Flowers - same-sex, without perianth, collected in cobs like arum. At the base of the panicle, the flowers are pistillate, then stamen flowers, above them is the sterile part of the cob. The ear itself is surrounded by a white veil. The fruit is a panicle with berries . One of the species - edible caladium (Caladium esculentum), bred in South America for the rhizomes rich in starch . Some externally decorative species (C. bicolor, C. marmoratum, C. picturatum, etc.) were domesticated, brought to the Russian Federation and the CIS , and under conditions of artificial selection gave rise to many garden , greenhouse and indoor varieties, which vary in shape and color leaves (red, pink, purple, white, mixed). Caladiums are widely used in the design of personal plots and flower beds in the southern United States. Plants are hygrophilous and thermophilic. For the winter they dig and store at a temperature of + 13 + 16 ° C. Prefer diffused light and partial shade. The juice of all parts of the plant is toxic and can cause allergies.

Views

According to The Plant List ^[2]

Caladium andreanum bogner
Caladium bicolor ( Aiton ) Vent. - Caladium bicolor ( synonyms Caladium marmoratum (marble), Caladium picturatum (color), Caladium hortulanum )
Caladium coerulescens GSBunting
Caladium humboldtii ( Raf. ) Schott - Caladium Humboldt
Caladium lindenii ( André ) Madison
Caladium macrotites schott
Caladium picturatum K.Koch & CDBouché
Caladium schomburgkii Schott - Caladium Schomburg
Caladium smaragdinum K.Koch & CDBouché
Caladium steyermarkii GSBunting
Caladium ternatum madison
Caladium tuberosum ( S. Moore ) Bogner & Mayo

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
↑ Caladium on The Plant List .

Links

Caladium // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Kaladium // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .

[2] Caladium on The Plant List .