Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Narcissus tazetta in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 290 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Narcissus tazetta L.
original Latin diagnosis
Narcissus spatha multiflora, nectario campanulato, foliis planis.
English translation
Narcissus with a spathe many-flowered; with a nectary campanulate; [and] with leaf blades flat.
| Narcissus | Narcissus |
| with a spathe | spatha - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spatha, -ae |
| many-flowered; | multiflora - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective multiflorus, -a, -um; modifies spatha |
| with a nectary | nectario - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun nectarium, -i |
| campanulate; | campanulato - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective campanulatus, -a, -um; modifies nectario |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| flat. | planis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective planus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |