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Caladium praetermissum
About
Caladium praetermissum, the Hilo beauty elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. Known only from cultivation, it is thought to be native to the New World Tropics. It is a tuberous geophyte reaching 1 m (3 ft), valued for its patterned leaves. Prior to its scientific description in 2009, it was sold as Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty'. Collected in 1981 at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg, its specific epithet praetermissum means "overlooked" or "forgotten". It is available from commercial suppliers.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Caladium praetermissum
- Slug
- caladium-praetermissum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Caladium
- Species
- praetermissum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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