Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monarda punctata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 22.
today: The current name for this species is Monarda punctata L.
original Latin diagnosis
Monarda floribus verticillatis, corollis punctatis.
English translation
Monarda with flowers whorled [and] with corollas dotted.
| Monarda | Monarda |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| whorled | verticillatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| dotted. | punctatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective punctatus, -a, -um; modifies corollis |