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.
| 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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