Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Glycyrrhiza echinata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 741 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Glycyrrhiza echinata L.
original Latin diagnosis
Glycyrrhiza leguminibus echinatis.
English translation
Glycyrrhiza with legumes echinate.
| Glycyrrhiza | Glycyrrhiza |
| with legumes | leguminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun legumen, leguminibus |
| echinate. | echinatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective echinatus, -a, -um; modifies leguminibus |