Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salicornia caspica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Kalidium caspicum (L.) Ung.-Sternb.
original Latin description
Salicornia articulis cylindricis, spicis filiformibus.
English translation
Salicornia with joints cylindric; with spikes filiform.
| Salicornia | Salicornia |
| with joints | articulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun articulus, -i |
| cylindric; | cylindricis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective cylindricus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |
| with spikes | spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| filiform. | filiformibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies spicis |