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Vallisneria australis S. W. L. Jacobs & D. H. Les
(Systematic Botany 33(1):62)

Latin diagnosis
V. americanae similis sed foliis plantarum maturarum amplarum longioribus latioribusque, plantis frigore extremo enectis, differt.



Translation
Similar to V. americana but it [V. australis] differs with longer and wider leaves of large, mature plants [and] with plants killed by extreme cold.



Translation with commentary
Similar similis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective similis, -is, -e (takes dative)
to V[allisneria]. V[allisneriae]. - dative singular of first declension feminine noun Vallisneria, -ae; object of similis
americana americanae - dative singular feminine of group A adjective americana, -ae; modifies V[allisneria].
but sed - conjunction
it [Vallisneria australis] differs differt - third person singular, present active indicative of irregular verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus
with longer longioribus - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
and -que at the end of latioribusque - enclitic conjunction
wider, latioribusque minus the terminal -que - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective latus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
leaves foliis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i
of large amplarum - genitive plural feminine of group A adjective amplus, -a, -um; modifies plantarum
mature maturarum - genitive plural feminine of group A adjective maturus, -a, -um; modifies plantarum
plants plantarum - genitive plural of 1st declension feminine noun planta, -ae
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with plants plantis - ablative plural neuter of 1st declension feminine noun planta, -ae
killed enectis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of 1st conjugation verb eneco, -are, -avi, -tus; agrees with plantis
by extreme extremo - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective extremus, -a, -um; modifies frigore
cold. frigore - ablative singular of 3rd declension neuter noun frigus, frigoris


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