Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 988 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
original Latin diagnosis
Ambrosia foliis bipinnatifidis: primoribus ramulorum indivisis integerrimis.
English translation
Ambrosia with leaf blades bipinnatifid: with the earliest of the branchlets undivided [and] entire.
| Ambrosia | Ambrosia |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| bipinnatifid: | bipinnatifidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective bipinnatifidus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| with the earliest [leaf blades] | primoribus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective primoris, -is, -e; agrees with foliis |
| of the branchlets | ramulorum - genitive plural of second declension masculine noun ramulus, -i |
| undivided | indivisis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective indivisus, -a, -um; modifies primoribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| entire. | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifie primoribus |