Phleum arenarium

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Phleum arenarium L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Phleum arenarium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 60.
today: The current name for this species is Phleum arenarium L.

original Latin diagnosis
Phleum spica ovata ciliata, caule ramoso.

English translation
Phleum with a spike ovate [and] ciliate; [and] with a stem branched.

English translation with commentary

Phleum Phleum

with a spike spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae

ovate ovata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies spica

[and] [added for smoother reading]

ciliate; ciliata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ciliatus, -a, -um; modifies spica

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with a stem caule - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun caulis, caulis

branched. ramoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies caule

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Phleum	Phleum
with a spike	spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
ovate	ovata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies spica
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
ciliate;	ciliata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ciliatus, -a, -um; modifies spica
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with a stem	caule - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
branched.	ramoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies caule