Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Echium lusitanicum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 140 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Echium lusitanicum L.
original Latin diagnosis
Echium corollis stamine longioribus.
English translation
Echium with corollas than a stamen longer.
| Echium | Echium |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| than a stamen | stamine - ablative singular of third declension neuter noun stamen, staminis |
| longer. | longioribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with corollis |