Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pinus larix in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1001 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Larix decidua Mill.
original Latin description
Pinus foliis fasciculatis obtusis.
English rranslation
Pinus with leaves fascicled [and] obtuse.
| Pinus | Pinus |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| fascicled | fasciculatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective fasciculatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| obtuse. | obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |