Panicum dimidiatum

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Panicum dimidiatum L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Panicum dimidiatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 57.
today: The current name for this species is Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn.

original Latin diagnosis
Panicum spica dimidiato-secunda, rachi lineari membranacea extrorsum flosculis aggregatis.

English translation
Panicum with a spike half one-sided; [and] with a rachis linear, membranaceous, [and] extrorsely with florets clustered together.

English translation with commentary

Panicum Panicum

with a spike spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae

half one-sided; dimidiato-secunda = dimidiato- (combining form of group A adjective dimidiatus, -a, -um) + secunda (ablative singular feminine); modifies spica

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with a rachis rachi - ablative singular of third declension feminine noun rachis, rachis

linear, lineari - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies rachi

membranaceous, membranacea - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective membranaceus, -a, -um; modifies rachi

[and] [added for smoother reading]

extrorsely extrorsum - adverb

with florets flosculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun flosculus, -i

clustered together. aggregatis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugationn verb aggrego, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies flosculis

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Panicum	Panicum
with a spike	spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
half one-sided;	dimidiato-secunda = dimidiato- (combining form of group A adjective dimidiatus, -a, -um) + secunda (ablative singular feminine); modifies spica
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with a rachis	rachi - ablative singular of third declension feminine noun rachis, rachis
linear,	lineari - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies rachi
membranaceous,	membranacea - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective membranaceus, -a, -um; modifies rachi
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
extrorsely	extrorsum - adverb
with florets	flosculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun flosculus, -i
clustered together.	aggregatis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugationn verb aggrego, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies flosculis