Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pinus cembra in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1000 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Pinus cembra L.
original Latin description
Pinus foliis quinis laevibus.
English translation
Pinus with leaves five together [and] smooth.
| Pinus | Pinus |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| five together | quinis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective quini, -ae, -a; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| smooth. | laevibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective laevis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |