Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salicornia europaea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 3 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Salicornia europaea L.
original Latin description
Salicornia articulis apice crassioribus obtusis.
English translation
Salicornia with joints, [which] at the apex [are] thicker [and] obtuse.
| Salicornia | Salicornia |
| with joints | articulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun articulus, -i |
| [which] | [added for smoother reading] |
| at the apex | apice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun apex, apicis; ablative of place where [locative case] |
| [are] | [added for smoother reading] |
| thicker | crassioribus - ablative plural masculine of comparative degree of group A adjective crassus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| obtuse. | obtusis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |