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	Zantedeschia aethiopica  (L.) SPRENG.

Fam.: Araceae / Arum Fam.

Synon.:  Calla aethiopica  L.

Genus:  Zantedeschia  SPRENG.,  Calla  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	SPRENG.:		Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766 - 1833), German physician and botanist at Halle

Etymology:
	Zantedeschia:		Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773 - 1846), Italian physician and botanist
	aethiopica:		from Ethiopia
	Calla:		Roman plant name, from kallos = beauty

Fig. 1:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Crete, Kandanos 18.5.1991

Fig. 2:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Crete, Knossos 1.4.2015

Fig. 3:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Crete, Knossos 1.4.2015

Fig. 4:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Crete, Knossos 31.3.2015

Fig. 5:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Rhodos, Philerimos 29.3.2019

Fig. 6:  Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Lily, Arum Lily Rhodos, Koskinou 22.3.2023

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