Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Kaempferia rotunda in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3.
today: The current name for this species is Kaempferia rotunda L.
original Latin diagnosis
Kaempferia foliis lanceolatis petiolatis.
English translation
Kaempferia with leaves lanceolate [and] petiolate.
Kaempferia | Kaempferia |
with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
lanceolate | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
[and] | added for smoother reading |
petiolate. | petiolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective petiolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |