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Anthoxanthum indicum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Anthoxanthum indicum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 28.
   today: The current name for this species is Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze


original Latin diagnosis
Anthoxanthum spica lineari, flosculis sessilibus arista brevioribus.

English translation
Anthoxanthum with a spike linear [and] with florets sessile [and] than the awn shorter.


English translation with commentary
Anthoxanthum Anthoxanthum
with a spike spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
linear lineari - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e); modifies spica
[and] [modified for smoother reading]
with florets flosculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun flosculus, -i
sessile sessilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies flosculis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
than the awn arista - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun arista, -ae; modifies foliis
shorter. brevioribus - comparative degree, ablative plural masculine of group B adjective brevis, -is, -e; modifies flosculis



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