Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Boerhavia scandens in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3.
today: The current name for this species is Boerhavia scandens L.
original Latin diagnosis
Boerhavia caule scandente.
English translation
Boerhavia with stem climbing.
| Boerhavia | Boerhavia |
| with stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, -is |
| climbing. | scandente - ablative singular masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb scando, scandere, scandi, scansum; modifies caule |