Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Antirrhinum majus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 617 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Antirrhinum majus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Antirrhinum corollis ecaudatis, calycibus rotundatis.
English translation
Antirrhinum with corollas ecaudate [and] with calyces rounded.
| Antirrhinum | Antirrhinum |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| ecaudate | ecaudatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ecaudatus, -a, -um; modifies corollas |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with calyces | calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| rounded. | rotundatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective rotundatus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus |