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Elvela pineti L.

Taxonomic history
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Elvela pineti in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1180 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Thelephora terrestris Ehrh.


original Latin diagnosis
Elvela acaulis.

English translation
Elvela stemless.



English translation with commentary
Elvela Elvela
stemless. acaulis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies Elvela


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