Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Viburnum prunifolium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 268 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Viburnum prunifolium L.
original Latin description
Viburnum foliis subrotundis crenato-serratis glabris.
English translation
Viburnum with leaf blades nearly round in outline, crenate-serrate, [and] glabrous.
| Viburnum | Viburnum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| nearly round in outline, | subrotundis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subrotundus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| crenate-serrate, | crenato-serratis = crenato- (combining form of group A adjective crenatus, -a, -um) + serratis) (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| glabrous. | glabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; modifies foliis |