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Piper siriboa L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper siriboa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 28.
   today: The current name for this species is Piper siriboa L.


original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis cordatis subseptinerviis venosis.

English translation
Piper with leaves blades cordate, nearly seven-nerved, [and] with branched veins.


English translation with commentary
Piper Piper
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
cordate, cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
nearly seven-nerved, subseptinerviis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subseptinervius, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with branched veins. venosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective venosus, -a, -um); modifies foliis



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