Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Gentiana sessilis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 231 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Chlora sessilis (L.) Willd.
original Latin diagnosis
Gentiana corollis quadrifidis, floribus acaulibus, foliis ovatis.
English translation
Gentiana with corollas four-cleft; with flowers stemless; [and] with leaf blades ovate.
| Gentiana | Gentiana |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| four-cleft; | quadrifidis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective quadrifidus, -a, -um; modifies corollis |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| stemless; | acaulibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies floribus |
| [snd] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ovate. | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjectve ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |