Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monarda didyma in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 22.
today: The current name for this species is Monarda didyma L.
original Latin diagnosis
Monarda floribus capitatis subdidynamis, caule acutangulo.
English translation
Monarda with flowers capitate [and] often two-stamened; [and] with a stem acute-angled.
| Monarda | Monarda |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| capitate | capitatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective capitatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| often two-stamened; | sub-didynamis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective sub-didynamus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with a stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| acute-angled. | acutangulis - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective acutangulus, -a, -um; modifies caule |