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Panicum miliaceum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Panicum miliaceum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 58.
   today: The current name for this species is Panicum miliaceum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Panicum panicula laxa flaccida, foliorum vaginis pubescentibus.

English translation
Panicum with a panicle open [and] flaccid; [and] of leaves with sheaths pubescent.


English translation with commentary
Panicum Panicum
with a panicle panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae
open laxa - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective laxus, -a, -um; modifies panicula
[and] [added for smoother reading]
flaccid; flaccida - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective flaccidus, -a, -um; modifies panicula
[and] [added for smoother reading]
of leaves foliorum - genitive plural of second declension nauter noun folium, folii
with sheaths vaginis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun vagina, -ae)
pubescent. pubescentibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective pubescens, pubescens, pubescens; modifies vaginis



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