Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pulmonaria officinalis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 135 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Pulmonaria officinalis L.
original Latin diagnosis
Pulmonaria foliis radicalibus ovato-cordatis scabris.
English translation
Pulmonaria with leaf blades arising from the root, ovate-cordate, [and] scabrous.
| Pulmonaria | Pulmonaria |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| arising from the root, | radicalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective radicalis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| ovate-cordate, | ovato-cordatis - ovato- (combining form of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um) + cordatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| scabrous. | scabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective scabrus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |