Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Antirrhinum orontium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 617 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.
original Latin diagnosis
Antirrhinum corollis ecaudatis, calycibus corolla longioribus.
English translation
Antirrhinum with corollas ecaudate [and] with calyces than the corolla longer.
| 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 |
| than the corolla | corolla - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae; object of longioribus |
| longer. | longioribus - ablative plural masculine of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with calycibus |