Piper siriboa

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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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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