Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Calla palustris in Species Plantarum, 1st edition, p. 968.
today: The current name for this species is Calla palustris L.
original Latin diagnosis
Calla foliis cordatis, spatha plana, spadice undique hermaphrodito.
English translation
Calla with leaf blades cordate; with a spathe flat; [and] with a spadix all over hermaphroditic.
English translation with commentary
| Calla | Calla |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| cordate; | cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| with a spathe | spatha - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spatha, -ae |
| flat; | plana - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective planus, -a, -um; modifies spatha |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| with a spadix | spadice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun spadix, spadicis |
| all over | undique - adverb |
| hermaphroditic. | hermaphrodito - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective hermaphroditus, -a, -um; modifies spadice |