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Campanula uniflora L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Campanula uniflora in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 163 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Campanula uniflora L.


original Latin diagnosis
Campanula caule unifloro.

English translation
Campanula with a stem one-flowered.


English translation with commentary
Campanula Campanula
with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
one-flowered. unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies caule



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