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Mesembryanthemum linguiforme L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Mesembryanthemum linguiforme in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 488.
   today: The current name for this species is Glottiphyllum linguiforme (L.) N. E. Br.


original Latin diagnosis
Mesembryanthemum acaule, foliis linguiformibus altero margine crassioribus.

English translation
Mesembryanthemum stemless, with leaf blades tongue-shaped, ... .


English translation with commentary [to be continued]
Mesembryanthemum Mesembryanthemum
stemless, acaule - nominative singular neuter of group B adjective acaulis, acaulis, acaule; modifies Mesembryanthemum
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
tongue-shaped, linguiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective semicylindricus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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