Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Lathraea anblatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 606.
today: “The application of this name is uncertain.” (Jarvis, Charles. 2007. Order out of Chaos. London: The Linnean Socitey of London)
original Latin diagnosis
Lathraea corollarum labiis indivisis.
English translation
Lathraea of the corollas with lips undivided. [i.e., with the lips of the corollas undivided]
| Lathraea | Lathraea |
| of the corollas | corollarum - genitive plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| with lips. | labiis - ablative plural neuter of second declension neuter nout labium, labii |
| undivided. | indivisis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective indivisus, -a, -um; modifies labiis |