Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Nyctanthes hirsuta in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 6.
today: The current name for this species is Nyctanthes hirsuta L.
original Latin description
Nyctanthes petiolis pedunculisque villosis.
English translation
Nyctanthes with petioles and peduncles villous.
| Nyctanthes | Nyctanthes |
| with petioles | petiolis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun petiolus, -i |
| and peduncles | pedunculisque - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i + enclitic -que (= and) |
| villous. | villosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um; modifies petiolis and pedunculis |