Panicum dissectum

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Panicum dissectum L.

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

original Latin diagnosis
Panicum spiculis alternis; rachi lineari membranacea extrorsum imbricato-florifera.

English translation
Panicum with spikelets alternate; [and] with a rachis linear, membranaceous, [and] extrorsely imbricate-flower bearing.

English translation with commentary

Panicum Panicum

with spikelets spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae

alternate; alternis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective alternus, -a, -um; modifies spiculis

[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

imbricate-flower bearing. imbricato-florifera = imbricato- (combining form of group A adjective imbricatus, -a, -um) + florifera (ablative singular feminine of group A adjective florifer, florifera, floriferum); modifies rachi

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Panicum	Panicum
with spikelets	spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae
alternate;	alternis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective alternus, -a, -um; modifies spiculis
[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
imbricate-flower bearing.	imbricato-florifera = imbricato- (combining form of group A adjective imbricatus, -a, -um) + florifera (ablative singular feminine of group A adjective florifer, florifera, floriferum); modifies rachi