Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Liquidambar styraciflua in Species Plantarum, edition 1, p. 999.
today: The current name for this species is Liquidambar styraciflua L.
original Latin diagnosis
Liquidambar foliis palmato-angulatis.
English translation
Liquidambar with leaves palmate-angular.
English translation with commentary
Liquidambar | Liquidambar |
with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
palmate-angular. | palmato-angulatis - palmato- (combining form of group A adjective palmatus, -a, -um + angulatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective angulatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |