Calla

For other uses, see Calla (disambiguation).

Calla
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Calleae
Bartl.
Genus: Calla
L.
Species:
C. palustris
Binomial name
Calla palustris
L.
Synonyms

Of the genus:

  • Aroides Heist. ex Fabr.
  • Callaion Raf.
  • Callaria Raf.
  • Provenzalia Adans.

Of the species:

List
  • Calla brevis (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Calla cordifolia Stokes
  • Calla generalis E.H.L.Krause
  • Calla ovatifolia Gilib.
  • Callaion bispatha (Raf.) Raf.
  • Callaion brevis (Raf.) Raf.
  • Callaion heterophylla (Raf.) Raf.
  • Callaion palustris (L.) Raf.
  • Dracunculus paludosus Montandon
  • Provenzalia bispatha Raf.
  • Provenzalia brevis Raf.
  • Provenzalia heterophyla Raf.
  • Provenzalia palustris (L.) Raf.

Calla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arum). It is the only genus in the tribe Calleae of the subfamily Aroideae. Its systematic position has been described as "puzzling", and it has also been placed in its own family Callaceae and its own subfamily Calloideae.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.