Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Buphthalmum spinosum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 903 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass.
original Latin diagnosis
Buphthalmum calycibus acute foliosis, ramis alternis, foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus integerrimis.
English translation
Buphthalmum with calyces [distinctly?] leafy; with branches alternate; and with leaf blades lanceolate, stem-clasping, and entire.
| Buphthalmum | Buphthalmum |
| with calyces | calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| [distinctly?] | acute - adverb; modifies foliosis |
| foliose; | foliosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus |
| with branches | ramis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun ramus, -i |
| alternate; | alternis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective alternus, -a, -um; modifies ramis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate, | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| stem-clasping, | amplexicaulibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective amplexicaulis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| entire. | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |