Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Arum pentaphyllum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 964 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Arisaema pentaphyllum (L.) Schott
original Latin diagnosis
Arum acaule, foliis quinatis.
English translation
Arum stemless, with leaf blades in five.
| Arum | Arum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| in five. | quinatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective quinatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |