Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Viburnum dentatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 268 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Viburnum dentatum L.
original Latin description
Viburnum foliis ovatis dentato-serratis plicatis. [Note: In the second edition of Species Plantarum, plicatis replaces the erroneous second occurrence of ovatis.]
English translation
Viburnum with leaf blades ovate, dentate-serrate, [and] plicate.
| Viburnum | Viburnum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ovate, | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| dentate-serrate, | dentato-serratis = dentato- (combining form of group A adjective dentatus, -a, -um) + serratis) (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| plicate. | plicatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective plicatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |