Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Viburnum tinus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 267 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Viburnum tinus L.
original Latin description
Viburnum foliis integerrimis ovatis: ramificationibus subtus villoso-glandulosis.
English translation
Viburnum with leaf blades entire [and] ovate; with the branch systems below villose-glandulose.
| Viburnum | Viburnum |
| 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 |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| ovate; | ovatis - ablative plural of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| with the branching systems | ramificationibus - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun ramificatio, ramificationis |
| below | subtus - adverb |
| villose-glandulose. | villoso-glandulosis = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + glandulosis (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective glandulosus, -a, -um); modifies ramificationibus |