Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Gladiolus angustus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 37 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Gladiolus angustus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Gladiolus foliis linearibus, floribus distantibus, corollarum tubo limbis longiore.
English translation
Gladiolus with leaf blades linear; with flowers at a distance [from each other]; [and] pf the corollas with the tube than the limbs longer.
| Gladiolus | Gladiolus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| linear; | linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| at a distance [from each other]; | distantibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of first conjugation verb disto, -are, —, —; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| of the corollas | corollarum - genitive plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| with the tube | tubo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun tubus, -i |
| than the limbs | limbis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun limbus, -i; object of longiore |
| longer. | longiore - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with tubo |