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

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

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