Botanical Latin Translations

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
info@vfthomas.com

(updated 2 November 2024)





Monarda ciliata L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Monarda ciliata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 23.
   today: The current name for this species is Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf.


original Latin diagnosis
Monarda floribus verticillatis, corollis involucro longioribus.

English translation
Monarda with flowers whorled [and] with corollas than the involucre longer.


English translation with commentary
Monarda Monarda
with flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
whorled verticillatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with corollas corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae
than the involucre involucro - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i; object of longioribus
longer. longioribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with corollis


For a list of botanical Latin translations, please click here.         To access the Species Plantarum concordance, please click here.