Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salicornia virginia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 4 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Salicornia virginia L.
original Latin description
Salicornia articulis apice compressis emarginatis bifidis.
English translation
Salicornia with joints, [which] at the apex [are] compressed, emarginate, [and] bifid.
| Salicornia | Salicornia |
| with joints | articulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun articulus, -i |
| [which] | [added for smoother reading] |
| at the apex | apice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun apex, apicis; ablative of place where [locative case] |
| [are] | [added for smoother reading] |
| compressed | compressis - ablative plural masculine of prefect participle of comparative degree of third conjugation verb comprimo, comprimere, compressi, compressus; modifies articulis |
| emarginate, | emarginatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective emarginatus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| bifid. | bifidis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective bifidus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |