Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Iris sisyrinchium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 40.
today: The current name for this species is Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker-Gawl.
original Latin diagnosis
Iris corollis imberbibus, foliis caniculatis, bulbis germinis superimpositis.
English translation
Iris with corollas beardless; with leaves caniculate; [and] with bulbs of the ovary superimposed.
| Iris | Iris |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| beardless; | imberbibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective imberbis, -is, -e; modifies corollis |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| caniculate | caniculatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective canaliculatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with bulbs | bulbis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun bulbus, -i |
| of the ovary | germinis - genitive singular of third declension neuter noun germen, germinis |
| superimposed. | superimpositis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb superimpono, superimponere, superimposui, superimpositum; agrees with bulbis |