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Ajuga pyramidalis L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ajuga orientalis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 561 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Ajuga pyramidalis L.


original Latin description
Ajuga tetragono-pyramidalis.

English translation
Ajuga tetragonous-pyramidal.



English translation with commentary
Ajuga Ajuga
tetragonous-pyramidal. tetragono-pyramidalis = tetragono- (combining form of group A adjective tetragonus, -a, -um) + pyramidalis (nominative singular feminine of group B adjective pyramidalis, -is, -e; modifies Ajuga


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