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Cedrus libani A. Rich.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pinus cedrus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1001.
   today: The current name for this species is Cedrus libani A. Rich.


original Latin description
Pinus foliis fasciculatis acutis.

English translation
Pinus with leaves fascicled [and] acute.


English translation with commentary
Pinus Pinus
with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
fascicled fasciculatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective fasciculatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
acute. acutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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