Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Swertia dichotoma in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 227 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Anagallidium dichotomum (L.) Griseb.
original Latin diagnosis
Swertia corollis quadrifidis ecornibus.
English translation
Swertia with corollas four-cleft [and] without horns.
| Swertia | Swertia |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| four-cleft | quadrifidis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective quadrifidus, -a, -um; modifies corollis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| without horns. | ecornibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective ecornis, -is, -e; modifies corollis |