Caladium bicolor(Aiton) Vent.

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WFO wfo-0000739079 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Caladium bicolor, photographed by Greg III Espera
fig. a Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205975385
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Vis M
fig. b Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 204579598
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Vis M
fig. c Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202410032
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. d Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199319421
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. e Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198480744
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. f Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196625368
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. g Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194270948
Caladium bicolor, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. h Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194271081

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Caladium bicolor is native: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Argentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Caladium bicolor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 178 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alocasia rex N.E.Br.
  • Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br.
  • Arum bicolor Aiton
  • Arum pellucidum Fulchir ex Kunth
  • Arum pulchrum Salisb.
  • Arum vermitoxicum Vell.
  • Arum vermitoxicum Vell. ex Kunth
  • Caladium albicans Stange
  • Caladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst.
  • Caladium amabile Verschaff.
  • Caladium amoenum Engl.
  • Caladium appunianum Engl.
  • Caladium argyrospilum Lem.
  • Caladium auritum Jacob-Makoy
  • Caladium baraquini Hérincq
  • Caladium baraquinii W.Bull ex J.Dix
  • Caladium barilletii Anon.
  • Caladium barraquinii Lem.
  • Caladium barraquinii Hérincq
  • Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Vent.
  • Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl.
  • Caladium bicolor f. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl.
  • Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Vent.
  • Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl.

and 154 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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