Peperomia rotundifolia

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Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kuntz

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

original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis orbiculatis solitariis carnosis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades orbiculate, solitary, [and] fleshy.

English translation with commentary

Piper Piper

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i

orbicular, orbiculatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective orbiculatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

solitary, solitariis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

fleshy carnosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective carnosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Piper	Piper
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
orbicular,	orbiculatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective orbiculatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
solitary,	solitariis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
fleshy	carnosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective carnosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis