Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ziziphora capitata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 21.
today: The current name for this species is Ziziphora capitata L.
original Latin diagnosis
Ziziphora capitulis terminalibus, foliis ovatis.
English translation
Ziziphora with capitula terminal; [and] with leaf blades ovate.
| Ziziphora | Ziziphora |
| with capitula | capitulis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun capitulum, -i |
| terminal | terminalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies capiitulis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| ovate. | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |