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Penaea mucronata L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Penaea mucronata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 111 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Penaea mucronata L.


original Latin diagnosis
Penaea foliis cordatis acuminatis.

English translation
Penaea with leaf blades cordata [and] acuminate.


English translation with commentary
Penaea Penaea
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
cordate cordatis = ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
acuminate. acuminatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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