Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium oxycoccos in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 351 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium foliis integerrimis revolutis ovatis, caulibus repentibus filiformibus nudis.
English translation
Vaccinium with leaf blades entire, revolute, [and] ovate; [and] with the stems creeping, filiform, [and] naked.
English translation with commentary
| Vaccinium | Vaccinium |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| entire, | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| revolute, | revolutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective revolutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| ovate; | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with the stems | caulibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| creeping, | repentibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb repo, -ere, -si, —; modifies caulibus |
| filiform, | filiformibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies caulibus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| naked. | nudis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies caulibus |