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Schoenus mucronatus L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Schoenus mucronatus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 42.
   today: The current name for this species is Cyperus capitatus (L.) Vand.


original Latin diagnosis
Schoenus culmo tereti nudo, spicis fasciculatis divaricatis, involuco triphyllo subulato.

English translation
Schoenus with the culm terete [and] naked; with spikes fasciculate [and] divaricate; [and] with an involucre three-bracted [and] subulate.



English translation with commentary
Schoenus Schoenus
with the culm culmo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun culmus, -i
terete tereti - ablative singular masculine of group B adjective teres, teres, tere; modifies culmo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
naked; nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies culmo
with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
fasciculate fasciculatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective fasciculatus, -a, -um; modifies spicis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
divaricate; divaricatis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb divarico, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spicis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with an involucre involucro - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i
three-bracted triphyllo - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective triphyllus, -a, -um; modifies involucro
[and] [added for smoother reading]
subulate. subulato - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective subulatus, -a, -um; modifies involucro


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