Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Lysimachia vulgaris in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 146 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Lysimachia vulgaris L.
original Latin diagnosis
Lysimachia paniculata, racemis terminalibus.
English translation
Lysimachia paniculate; with racemes terminal.
| Lysimachia | Lysimachia |
| paniculate; | paniculata - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective paniculatus, -a, -um; modifies Lysimachia |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with racemes | racemis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun racemus, -a, -um |
| terminal. | terminalibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies racemis |