Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Arum triphyllum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 965 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott
original Latin diagnosis
Arum acaule, foliis ternatis.
English translation
Arum stemless, with leaf blades ternate.
| Arum | Arum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ternate. | ternatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ternatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |