Calla
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Calla_palustris1.jpg/220px-Calla_palustris1.jpg)
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): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - sole species
References
Calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Calla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Calla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Calla at USDA Plants database