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Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium mucroatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 350 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Vaccinium corymbosum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium floribus corymbosis ovatis, foliis oblongis acuminatis integerrimis.

English translation
Vaccinium with flowers corymbose [and] ovate; with leaf blades oblong, acuminate, [and] entire.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with flowers [inflorescence] floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
corymbose corymbosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective corymbosus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
ovate; ovatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
oblong, oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
acuminate, acuminatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
entire. integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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