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Ophiochloa bryoides G. H. Rua, R. C. Oliveira & Valls
(Systematic Botany 31(3):493)

Latin diagnosis
Ophiochloae hydrolithicae Filg., Dividse & Zuloaga affinis sed habitu annuo, omnibus partibus multo minoribus, inflorescentia axillari nulla, seta apicis lemmatis inferioris unica differt.



Translation
Related to Ophiochloa hydrolithica but it differs with an annual habit, with all parts much smaller, with an axillary inflorescence lacking, [and] with a seta of the apex of the lower lemma single.



Translation with commentary
Related affinis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective affinis, -is, -e (takes dative)
to Ophiochloa Ophiochloae - dative singular of first declension feminine noun Ophiochloa, -ae; object of affinis
hydrolithica Filg., Dividse & Zuloaga hydrolithicae - dative singular feminine of group A adjective hydrolithica, -ae; modifies Ophiochloae
but sed - conjunction
it differs differt - third person singular, present active indicative of third conjugation verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus
with an annual annuo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective annuus, -a, -um; modifies habitu
habit, habitu - ablative singular of fourth declension masculine noun habitu, habitus
with all omnibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective omnis, -is, -e; modifies partibus
parts partibus - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun pars, partis
much multo - adverb
smaller, minoribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective parvus, -a, -um; modifies partibus
with an axillary axillari - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective axillaris, -is, -e; modifies inflorescentia
inflorescence inflorescentia - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun inflorescentia, -ae
lacking, nulla - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective nullus, -a, -um; modifies inflorescentia
and added for clarity; not in Latin diagnosis
with a seta seta - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun seta, -ae
of the apex apicis - genitive singular of third declension masculine noun apex, apicis
of the lower inferioris - genitive singular feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective inferus, -a, -um; modifies lemmatis
lemma lemmatis - genitive singular of third declension neuter noun lemma, lemmatis
single. unica - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective unicus, -a, -um; modifies seta


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