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Piper rotundifolium L.

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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