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Piper maculosum L.

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


original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis peltatis ovatis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades peltate [and] ovate.


English translation with commentary
Piper Piper
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
peltate peltatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective peltatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
ovate ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective petiolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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