Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Crassula orbicularis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 283 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Crassula orbicularis L.
original Latin diagnosis
Crassula caule flaccido prolifero determinate-folioso, foliis patentissimis imbricatis.
English translation
Crassula with a stem flaccid, bearing offshoots, determinately leafy; [and] with leaves spreading [and] imbricate.
| Crassula | Crassula |
| with a stem | caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| flaccid, | flaccido - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective flaccidus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| bearing offshoots, | prolifero - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective prolifer, prolifera, proliferum; modifies caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| determinately | determinate - adverb; modifies folioso |
| leafy; | folioso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies caule |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i | very spreading | patentissimis - ablative plural neuter of present active participal of second conjugation verb pateo, -ere, -ui, —; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| imbricate. | imbricatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective imbricatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |