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Papaver alpinum L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Papaver alpinum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 507.
   today: The current name for this species is Papaver alpinum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Papaver capsula hispida, scapo unifloro nudo hispido, foliis bipinnatis.

English translation
Papaver with a capsule hispid; with a scape one-flowered, naked, [and] hispid; [and] with leaf blades bipinnate.


English translation with commentary
Papaver Papaver
with a capsule capsula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun capsula, -ae
hispid; hispida - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um); modifies capsula
with a scape scapo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun scapus, -i
one-flowered, unifloro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective uniflorus, -a, -um; modifies scapo
naked, nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies scapo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
hispid; hispido - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um; modifies scapo
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
bipinnate. bipinnatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective bipinnatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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