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Syringa persica L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Syringa persica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 9 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Syringa ✕persica L.


original Latin description
Syringa foliis lanceolatis.

English translation
Syringa with leaf blades lanceolate.


English translation with commentary
Syringa Syringa
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
lanceolate. lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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