Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Prunus lusitanica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 473 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Prunus lusitanica L.
original Latin diagnosis
Prunus floribus racemosis, foliis sempervirentibus eglandulosis.
English translation
Prunus with flowers racemose; [and] with leaves evergreen [and] without glands.
| Prunus | Prunus |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| racemose; | racemosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective racemosus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| evergreen | sempervirentibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective sempervirens, sempervirens, sempervirens; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| without glands. | eglandulosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective eglandulosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |