Lycopodium nudum

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Lyopodium nudum L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Lycopodium nudum on p. 1100 of Species Plantarum.
today: The current name for this species is Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

original Latin diagnosis
Lycopodium foliis oppositis, spicis terminalibus: floribus distantibus.

English translation
Lycopodium with leaves opposite; [and] with spikes terminal: the flowers standing at a distance (from each other).

English translation with commentary

Lycopodium Lycopodium

with leaves foliis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i

opposite; oppositis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oppositus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae

terminal: terminalibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies spicis

the flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris

standing at a distance (from each other). distantibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of first conjugation verb disto, -are, —, —; modifies floribus

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Lycopodium	Lycopodium
with leaves	foliis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i
opposite;	oppositis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oppositus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with spikes	spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
terminal:	terminalibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies spicis
the flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
standing at a distance (from each other).	distantibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of first conjugation verb disto, -are, —, —; modifies floribus