Monotropa uniflora

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Monotropa uniflora L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monotropa uniflora in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 387 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Monotropa uniflora L.

original Latin diagnosis
Monotropa caule unifloro decandro.

English translation
Monotropa with a stem one-flowers [and] [with each flower] 10-stamened.

English translation with commentary

Monotropa Monotropa

with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis

one-flowered unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies caule

[and] [added for smoother reading]

[with each flower] 10-stamened. decandro - ablative singlar masculine of group A adjective decandrus, -a, -um; modifies an unwritten flore

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Monotropa	Monotropa
with a stem	caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
one-flowered	unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies caule
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
[with each flower] 10-stamened.	decandro - ablative singlar masculine of group A adjective decandrus, -a, -um; modifies an unwritten flore