ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Caladium bicolor

Name author: (Aiton) Vent.

A species in the Araceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Caladium
Species: Caladium bicolor
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1800

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Caladium bicolor. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Caladium bicolor unranked splendensName author: (K.Koch & Fintelm.) E.J.Lowe & W.Howard
Caladium bicolor var. albomaculatumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. argyrospilumName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. barraquiniiName author: (Hérincq) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. bohemicumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. brongniartiiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. chantiniiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. curwadliiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. devosianumName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. duchartreiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. eckhartiiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. enkeanumName author: (K.Koch) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. haematostigmaName author: Kunth
Caladium bicolor var. hendersoniiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. houbyanymName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. houlletiiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. ketteleriName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. kochiiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. kramerianumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. laucheanumName author: (K.Koch) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. leopoldiiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. lindeniiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. macrophyllumName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. marginatumName author: (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. mirabileName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. neumanniiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. pellucidumName author: (DC.) Kunth
Caladium bicolor var. pellucidumName author: (DC.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. perrieriName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. pictumName author: (DC.) Kunth
Caladium bicolor var. regaleName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. roseo-maculatumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. rubellumName author: (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. rubicundumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. rubriveniumName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. sieboldiiName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. splendensName author: (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. stangeanumName author: (K.Koch) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. surinamenseName author: (Miq.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. transparensName author: Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. vellozianumName author: (Schott) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. vellozoanumName author: (Schott) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. vermitoxicumName author: (Vell.) Stellfeld
Caladium bicolor var. verschaffeltiiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium bicolor var. wightiiName author: (Lem.) Engl.
Caladium brongniartiiName author: Lem.
Caladium camoensiiName author: Van Geert
Caladium cannaertiiName author: Verschaff.
Caladium chantiniiName author: Lem.
Caladium chelsoniiName author: Van Geert

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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