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Scirpus glomeratus L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Scirpus glomeratus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 52.
   today: The current name for this species is undetermined.


original Latin diagnosis
Scirpus culmo triquetro folioso, capitulo glomerato, involucro folioso.

English translation
Scirpus with a culm three-angled [and] leafy; with a capitulum gathered into a cluster; [and] with an involucre leafy.



English translation with commentary
Scirpus Scirpus
with a culm culmo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun culmus, -i
three-angled triquetro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective triquetrus, -a, -um; modifies culmo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
leafy; folioso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies culmo
with a capitulum capitulo - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun capitulum, -i
gathered into a cluster; glomerato - ablative singular neuter of perfect participle of first conjugation verb glomero, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies capitulo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with an involucre involucro - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i
leafy. folioso - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies involucro


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