Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ixia chinensis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 36 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Belamcanda chinensis (L.) A. DC.
original Latin diagnosis
Ixia foliis ensiformibus, floribus remotis.
English translation
Ixia with leaves ensiform; [and] with flowers separated.
| Ixia | Ixia |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ensiform; | ensiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective ensiformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| separated. | remotis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective remotus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |