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Panicum arborescens L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Panicum arborescens in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 59.
   today: The current name for this species is Panicum brevifolium L.


original Latin diagnosis
Panicum paniculatum ramosissimum, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis.

English translation
Panicum paniculate [and] very branched; [and] with leaf blades ovate-oblong [and] acuminate.


English translation with commentary
Panicum Panicum
paniculate paniculatum - nominative singular neuter of group A adjective paniculatus, -a, -um; modifies Panicum
[and] [added for smoother reading]
very branched; ramosissimum - nominative singular neuter of superlative degree of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies Panicum
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
ovate-oblong ovato-oblongis = ovato- (combining form of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um) + oblongis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um); modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
acuminate. acuminatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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