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Ponciana pulcherrima L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Poinciana pulcherrima in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 380 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.


original Latin description
Poinciana aculeis geminis.

English translation
Poinciana with prickles paired.


English translation with commentary
Poinciana Poinciana
with prickles aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, -i
paired. geminis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective geminus, -a, -um; modifies aculeis



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