Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Tetragonia fruticosa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 480.
today: The current name for this species is Tetragonia fruticosa L.
original Latin diagnosis
Tetragonia foliis linearibus.
English translation
Tetragonia with leaf blades linear.
| Tetragonia | Tetragonia |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| linear. | linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |