Calla
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Calla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (genus): Calla palustris - sole species
References[edit]
Calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Calla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Calla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Calla at USDA Plants database
