Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Arum maculatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 966 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Arum maculatum L.
original Latin diagnosis
Arum acaule, foliis hastatis integerrimis, spadice clavato.
English translation
Arum stemless, with leaf blades hastate [and] entire: [and] with a spadix clavate.
| Arum | Arum |
| stemless; | acaule - nominative singular neuter of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies Arum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| hastate | hastatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective hastatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| entire; | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with a spadix | spadice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun spadix, spadicis |
| clavate. | clavato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective clavatus, -a, -um; modifies spadice |