Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ziziphora tenuior in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 21.
today: The current name for this species is Ziziphora tenuior L.
original Latin diagnosis
Ziziphora floribus lateralibus, foliis lanceolatis.
English translation
Ziziphora with flowers lateral [and] with leaf blades lanceolate.
| Ziziphora | Ziziphora |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| lateral | lateralibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| lanceolate. | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |