Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Rumex vesicarius in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 336.
today: The current name for this species is Rumex vesicarius L.
original Latin diagnosis
Rumex floribus hermaphroditis geminatis: valvularum alis maximis membranaceis reflexis, foliis indivisis.
English translation
Rumex with flowers bisexual [and] paired; of the valves with wings [that are] largest membranaceous [and] reflexed; [and] with leaf blades undivided.
| Rumex | Rumex |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| bisexual | hermaphroditis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective hermaphroditus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| paired; | geminatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective geminatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |
| of the valves | valvarum - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| with wings | alis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun ala, -ae |
| [that are] largest | maximis - ablative plural feminine of superlative degree of group A adjective magnus, -a, um; modifies alis |
| membranaceous | membranaceis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective membranaceus, -a, -um; modifies alis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| reflexed; | reflexis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective reflexus, -a, -um; modifies alis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| undivided. | indivisis - ablative plural of group A adjective indivisus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |