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.
| 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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