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Paspalum vallsii R. C. Oliveira & G.H. Rua
(Systematic Botany 30(3):530)

Latin diagnosis
Paspalo reticulinervi Renvoize simile sed spiculis solitariis, longioribus et marginibus glumae glabris differt.



Translation
Similar to Paspalum reticulinerve Renvoize but it [Paspalum vallsii] differs with longer, solitary spikelets, and with glabrous margins of a glume.



Translation with commentary
Similar simile - nominative singular neuter of group B adjective similis, -is, -e [takes dative]; agrees with Paspalum [vallsii]
to Paspalum reticulinerve Renvoize Paspalo reticulinervi Renvoize - dative singular neuter of Paspalum reticulinerve; object of simile
but sed - conjunction
it [Paspalum vallsii] differs differt - third person singular, present active indicative of third conjugation verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus
with longer, longioribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies spiculis
solitary solitariis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies spiculis
spikelets, spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae
and [added for smoothness of reading]
with glabrous glabris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; modifies marginibus
margins marginibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun margo, marginis
of a glume. glumae - genitive singular of first declension feminine noun gluma, -ae


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