Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Byssus cryptarum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1168 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Trentepohlia aurea (L.) Mart.
original Latin diagnosis
Byssus capillacea perennis cinerea tenax rupi innata.
English translation
Byssus capillaceous, perennial, ash-gray [colored], tough, on a rock grown.
| Byssus | Byssus |
| capillaceous, | capillacea - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective capillaceus, -a, -um; modifies Byssus |
| perennial, | perennis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective perennis, -is, -e; modifies Byssus |
| ash-gray [colored], | cinerea - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective cinereus, -a, -um; modifies Byssus |
| tough, | tenax - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective tenax, tenax, tenax; modifies Byssus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| on a rock | rupi - dative singular of third declension i-stem noun rupes, rupis; object of innata |
| grown. | innata - nominative singular feminine of perfect active participle of third conjugation deponent verb innascor, innasci, innatus; agrees with Byssus |