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Pontederia cordata L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pontederia cordata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 288 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   Today: The current name for this species is Pontederia cordata L.


original Latin diagnosis
Pontederia foliis cordatis, floribus spicatis.

English translation
Pontederia with leaf blades cordate [and] with flowers spicate.



English translation with commentary
Pontederia Pontederia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
cordate cordatis - ablative plural of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension noun flos, floris
spicate. spicatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective spicatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus


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