''Caladium praetermissum'', the Hilo beauty elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...

. Known only from cultivation, it is thought to be native to the New World Tropics. It is a tuberous geophyte reaching , valued for its patterned leaves. Prior to its

scientific description A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it diffe ...

in 2009, it was sold as ''Alocasia'' 'Hilo Beauty'. Collected in 1981 at the

Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg The Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg is a botanical garden and arboretum in Munich, Germany. History Munich's first botanical garden, now called the "Alter Botanischer Garten (Munich), Old Botanical Garden", was established in ...

, its

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

''praetermissum'' means "overlooked" or "forgotten". It is available from commercial suppliers.

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praetermissum House plants Flora of the Neotropical realm Plants described in 2009 {{Araceae-stub