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Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper pellucidum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 30.
   today: The current name for this species is Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunthe


original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis cordatis petiolatis, caule herbaceo.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades cordate [and] petiolate; [and] with a stem herbaceous.


English translation with commentary
Piper Piper
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
cordate cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
petiolate; petiolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective petiolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
herbaceous. herbaceo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective herbaceus, -a, -um); modifies caule



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