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Salvia pinnata L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salvia pinnata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 27.
   today: The current name for this species is Salvia pinnata L.


original Latin diagnosis
Salvia foliis compositis pinnatis.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades compound [and] pinnate.


English translation with commentary
Salvia Salvia
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
compound compositis - ablative plural neuter of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb compono, componere, composui, compositum); modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
pinnate. pinnatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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