Aconitum pyrenaicum

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Aconitum pyrenaicum L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Aconitum pyrenaicum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 532.
today: The current name for this species is Aconitum pyrenaicum L.

original Latin diagnosis
Aconitum foliis multipartitis: laciniis linearibus incumbentibus squarrosis.

English translation
Aconitum with leaf blades many-parted, the lacinia linear, incumbent, [and] squarrose.

English translation with commentary

Aconitum Aconitum

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i

many-parted, multipartitis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective multipartitus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

the lacinia laciniis - ablative plural of first declension noun lacinia, -ae

linear linearibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies laciniis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

squarrose. squarrosis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective squarrosus, -a, -um; modifies laciniis

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Aconitum	Aconitum
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
many-parted,	multipartitis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective multipartitus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
the lacinia	laciniis - ablative plural of first declension noun lacinia, -ae
linear	linearibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies laciniis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
squarrose.	squarrosis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective squarrosus, -a, -um; modifies laciniis