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Oxalis versicolor L.

Taxonomic history
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Oxalis versicolor in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 434 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Oxalis versicolor L.


original Latin diagnosis
Oxalis caule simplici, pedunculo unifloro abbreviato, foliis filiformibus subramosis.

English translation
Oxalis with a stem unbranched; with a peduncle one-flowered [and] shortened; [and] with leaf blades filiform and nearly divided.



English translation with commentary
Oxalis Oxalis
with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
unbranched; simplici - ablative singular masculine of group B adjective simplex, simplex, simplex; modifies caule
with a peduncle pedunculo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i
one-flowered unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
shortened; abbreviato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective abbreviatus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of seond declension neuter nout folium, -i
filiform filiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
nearly divided. subramosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subramosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis


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