Piper obtusifolium

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Piper obtusifolium L.

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

original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis obverse ovatis enerviis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades obovate [and] without veins.

English translation with commentary

Piper Piper

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

obovate obverse ovatis - 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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Piper	Piper
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
obovate	obverse ovatis - 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