Valeriana officinalis

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Valeriana officinalis L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Valeriana officinalis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 31.
today: The current name for this species is Valeriana officinalis L.

Original Latin diagnosis:
Valeriana floribus triandris, foliis omnibus pinnatis.

English translation:
Valeriana with flowers three-stamened [and] with leaf blades all pinnate.

English translation with commentary:

Valeriana Valeriana

with flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris

three-stamened triiandris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective triandrus, -a, -um; modifies floribus

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i

all omnibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective omnis, -is, -e; modifies foliis

pinnate. pinnatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Valeriana	Valeriana
with flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
three-stamened	triiandris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective triandrus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
all	omnibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective omnis, -is, -e; modifies foliis
pinnate.	pinnatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis