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Verbena hastata L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Verbena hastata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 20.
   today: The current name for this species is Verbena hastata L.


original Latin diagnosis
Verbena tetrandra, spicis longis acuminatis, foliis hastatis.

English translation
Verbena four-stamened, with spikes long [and] acuminate; [and] with leaf blades hastate.


English translation with commentary
Verbena Verbena
four-stamened, tetrandra - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective tetrandrus, -a, -um; modifies Verbena
with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
long longis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies spicis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
acuminate; acuminatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um; modifies spicis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
hastate. hastatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective hastatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis


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