Calla

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Calla
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Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
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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 [3]

Genus:

  • CallariaRaf.
  • AroidesHeist. ex Fabr.
  • ProvenzaliaAdans.
  • CallaionRaf.

Species:

  • Callaion palustris(L.) Raf.
  • Provenzalia palustris(L.) Raf.
  • Calla ovatifoliaGilib.
  • Calla cordifoliaStokes
  • Callaion bispatha(Raf.) Raf.
  • Callaion brevis(Raf.) Raf.
  • Callaion heterophylla(Raf.) Raf.
  • Provenzalia bispathaRaf.
  • Provenzalia brevisRaf.
  • Provenzalia heterophylaRaf.
  • Dracunculus paludosusMontandon
  • Calla generalisE.H.L.Krause
  • Calla brevis(Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

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 [4] ).

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Description

It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing in bogs and ponds. The leaves are rounded to heart-shaped, 6–12 cm (2+144+34 in) long on a 10–20 cm (4–8 in) petiole, and 4–12 cm (1+124+34 in) broad. The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about 4–6 cm (1+122+14 in) long, enclosed in a white spathe. The fruit is a cluster of red berries, each berry containing several seeds. [5] [6]

The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium , Colocasia , and Arum ) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling. [7] [8] [9]

Taxonomy

The genus formerly also included a number of other species, which have now been transferred to the separate genus Zantedeschia . These plants from tropical Africa, however, are still often termed "calla lilies" but should not be confused with C. palustris. [10]

Distribution

It is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in central, eastern and northern Europe (France and Norway eastward), northern Asia and northern North America (Alaska, Canada, and northeastern contiguous United States). [3] [11] [12] [13]

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