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Ziziphora capitata L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ziziphora capitata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 21.
   today: The current name for this species is Ziziphora capitata L.


original Latin diagnosis
Ziziphora capitulis terminalibus, foliis ovatis.

English translation
Ziziphora with capitula terminal; [and] with leaf blades ovate.


English translation with commentary
Ziziphora Ziziphora
with capitula capitulis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun capitulum, -i
terminal terminalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies capiitulis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
ovate. ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis


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