Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salicornia arabica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Kalidium caspicum (L.) Ung.-Sternb.
original Latin description
Salicornia articulis obtusis basi incrassatis, spicis ovatis.
English translation
Salicornia with joints obtuse, [which] at the base [are] thickened; spikes ovate.
| Salicornia | Salicornia |
| with joints | articulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun articulus, -i |
| obtuse, | obtusis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |
| [which] | [added for smoother reading] |
| at the base | basi - ablative singular of third declension feminine noun basis, basis; ablative of place where [locative case] |
| [are] | [added for smoother reading] |
| thickened; | incrassatis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb incrasso, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies articulis |
| with spikes | spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| ovate. | ovatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies spicis |