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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 988 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.


original Latin diagnosis
Ambrosia foliis bipinnatifidis: primoribus ramulorum indivisis integerrimis.

English translation
Ambrosia with leaf blades bipinnatifid: with the earliest of the branchlets undivided [and] entire.



English translation with commentary
Ambrosia Ambrosia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
bipinnatifid: bipinnatifidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective bipinnatifidus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
with the earliest [leaf blades] primoribus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective primoris, -is, -e; agrees with foliis
of the branchlets ramulorum - genitive plural of second declension masculine noun ramulus, -i
undivided indivisis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective indivisus, -a, -um; modifies primoribus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
entire. integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifie primoribus


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