Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Phillyrea angustifolia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 7.
today: The current name for this species is Phillyrea angustifolia L.
original Latin description
Phillyrea foliis lanceolatis subintegerrimis.
English translation
Phillyrea with leaves lanceolate [and] subentire.
| Phillyrea | Phillyrea |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| subentire. | subintegerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subintegerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |