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Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Liquidambar styraciflua in Species Plantarum, edition 1, p. 999.
   today: The current name for this species is Liquidambar styraciflua L.


original Latin diagnosis
Liquidambar foliis palmato-angulatis.

English translation
Liquidambar with leaves palmate-angular.


English translation with commentary
Liquidambar Liquidambar
with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
palmate-angular. palmato-angulatis - palmato- (combining form of group A adjective palmatus, -a, -um + angulatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective angulatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis



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