Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Menispermum canadense in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 340.
today: The current name for this species is Menispermum canadense L.
original Latin diagnosis
Menispermum foliis peltatis subrotundis angulatis.
English translation
Menispermum with leaves peltate [and] [leaf blades] nearly round in outline [and] angular.
| Menispermum | Menispermum |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| peltate | peltatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective peltatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| [with leaf blades] nearly round | subrotundis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subrotundus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| angular. | angulatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective angulatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |