Calla

See also: calla, callá, and callà

Translingual

Calla palustris

Etymology

From Latin calla, applied to the genus as early as 1737 by Carl Linnaeus, from a single mention in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia that some scholars read as calsa, but most read as calyx.

Proper noun

Calla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae – superorder; Alismatales – order; Araceae – family; Calloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Calla palustris - sole species

References

• Calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Calla at USDA Plants database