Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Annona glabra in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 537 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Annona glabra L.
original Latin diagnosis
Annona foliis lanceolato-ovatis, fructibus conoidibus glabris.
English translation
Annona with leaf blades lanceolate-ovate; with fruits conical [and] glabrous.
| Annona | Annona |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| lanceolate-ovate; | lanceolato-ovatis = lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with fruits | fructibus - ablative plural of fourth declension masculine noun fructus, fructus |
| conical | conoidibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective conoidis, -is, -e; modifies fructibus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| glabrous. | glabris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; modifie fructibus |