Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Caladium
bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
SYNONYM(S) : Arum bicolor Aiton, Caladium hortulanum Birdsey
CHINESE :
Hua ye yu,
Wu cai yu,
Cai ye yu (as C.
hortulanum).
ENGLISH : Common caladium, Fancy-leaf caladium, , Fancy-leaved caladium, Fancy-leaved elephant's-ear, Heart of Jesus.
SYNONYM(S) :
CHINESE : Yin ban yu.
ENGLISH : Miniature caladium.
PORTUGUESE : Tinhorão miniatura.
Caladium
picturatum K. Koch & C. D.
Bouché
CHINESE : Hua ye yu.
ENGLISH : South American caladium.
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USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?caladium (06 February 2003).
Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
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