Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Fritillaria pyrenaica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 304.
today: The current name for this species is Fritillaria pyrenaica L.
original Latin description
Fritillaria foliis infimis oppositis.
English translation
Fritillaria with leaves, the lowest, opposite.
| Fritillaria | Fritillaria |
| with leaves, | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| the lowest, | infimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective infimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| opposite. | oppositis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oppositus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |