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Tetragonia herbacea L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Tetragonia herbacea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 480.
   today: The current name for this species is Tetragonia herbacea L.


original Latin diagnosis
Tetragonia foliis ovatis.

English translation
Tetragonia with leaf blades ovate.


English translation with commentary
Tetragonia Tetragonia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ovate. ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis


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