Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Viburnum opulus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 268 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Viburnum opulus L.
original Latin description
Viburnum foliis lobatis, petiolis glandulosis.
English translation
Viburnum with leaf blades lobed; [and] with petioles gland-bearing.
| Viburnum | Viburnum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lobed; | lobatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lobatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with petioles | petiolis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun petiolus, -i) |
| gland-bearing. | glandulosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective glandulosus, -a, -um); modifies petiolis |