Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Valeriana chinensis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 33.
   today: The current name for this species is Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl

Original Latin diagnosis:
Valeriana floribus triandris, foliis omnibus cordatis repando-lobatis.

English translation:
Valeriana with flowers three-stamened [and] with leaf blades all cordate [and] repand-lobed.

English translation with commentary:

Valeriana	Valeriana
with flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
three-stamened	triandris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective triandrus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
all	omnibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective omnis, -is, -e; modifies foliis
cordate	cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
repand-lobed.	repando-lobatis - repando- (combining form of group A adjective repandus, -a, -um) + lobatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lobatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis