ground. The species name 'calyptratus' comes from the Greek 'καλύπτρα' (kalýptra), meaning 'veil' or 'cover', referring to the distinctive casque or veil-like...

attested since ca. 1300 BC. In ancient Greek the word for veil was καλύπτρα (kalyptra; Ionic Greek: καλύπτρη, kalyptrē; from the verb καλύπτω, kalyptō, "I cover")...

the Latin calyptratum meaning "bearing a calyptra" or the Greek kalypto, kalyptra meaning "to hide" or "veil". The cultivation is thought to be difficult...

tribe Violeae, subtribe Violinae. The genus is named from the Greek words kalyptra, cover, and ion, violet. There are four accepted species. Calyptrion arboreum...