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Sarracenia flava L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Sarracenia flava in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 510.
   today: The current name for this species is Sarracena flava L.


original Latin diagnosis
Sarracenia foliis strictis.

English translation
Sarracenia with leaves straight.


English translation with commentary
Sarracenia Sarracenia
with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
upright. srictis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective structis, -a, -um; modifies foliis.



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