Peperomia acuminatum

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Piper acuminatum L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper acuminatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 30.
today: The current name for this species is Peperomia nigropunctata Miq.

original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis lanceolato-ovatis nervosis carnosis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades lanceolate-ovate, veined, [and] fleshy.

English translation with commentary

Piper Piper

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

lanceolate-ovate, lanceolato-ovatis - lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis

veiny, nervosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective nervosus, -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
lanceolate-ovate,	lanceolato-ovatis - lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis
veiny,	nervosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective nervosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
fleshy.	carnosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective carnosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis