PLANTS Profile for Caladium bicolor (heart of Jesus)

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PLANTS Profile

Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
heart of Jesus

Symbol:

CABI11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Araceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

More Information:

Synonyms:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

CYBI7

Cyrtospadix bicolor (Aiton) Britton & P. Wilson

Distribution:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, LA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

View 29 genera in Araceae, 1 species in Caladium

Classification:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Araceae – Arum family
Genus	Caladium Vent. – caladium
Species	Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent. – heart of Jesus

Introduced Information:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42565.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 01:29 AM MDT