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Annona glabra L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Annona glabra in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 537 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Annona glabra L.


original Latin diagnosis
Annona foliis lanceolato-ovatis, fructibus conoidibus glabris.

English translation
Annona with leaf blades lanceolate-ovate; with fruits conical [and] glabrous.



English translation with commentary
Annona Annona
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
lanceolate-ovate; lanceolato-ovatis = lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with fruits fructibus - ablative plural of fourth declension masculine noun fructus, fructus
conical conoidibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective conoidis, -is, -e; modifies fructibus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
glabrous. glabris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; modifie fructibus


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