Asarum europaeum

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Asarum europaeum L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Asarum europaeum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 442 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Asarum europaeum L.

original Latin diagnosis
Asarum foliis reniformibus obtusis binis.

English translation
Asarum with leaf blades reniform, obtuse, [and] [with leaves] paired. [Note: In this diagnosis, Linnaeus used foliis to mean both “leaf blades” and “leaves”.]

English translation with commentary

Asarum Asarum

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun folium, folii

reniform, reniformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective reniformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis

obtuse, obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

[with leaves] paired. binis - ablative plural neuter of group A [almost exclusively plural] adjective bini, -ae, -a; modifies foliis

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Asarum	Asarum
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun folium, folii
reniform,	reniformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective reniformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis
obtuse,	obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
[with leaves] paired.	binis - ablative plural neuter of group A [almost exclusively plural] adjective bini, -ae, -a; modifies foliis