Panicum patens

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Panicum patens L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Panicum patens in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 58.
today: The current name for this species is Cyrtococcum patens (L.) A. Camus

original Latin diagnosis
Panicum panicula oblonga patente, calycibus bifloris, foliis lineari-lanceolatis.

English translation
Panicum with a panicle oblong [and] spreading; with calyces two-flowered; [and] with leaf blades linear-lanceolate.

English translation with commentary

Panicum Panicum

with a panicle panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae

oblong oblonga - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies panicula

[and] [added for smoother reading]

spreading; patente - ablative singular feminine of present active participle of second conjugation verb pateo, -ere, -ui, —; modifies panicula

with calyces calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis

two-flowered; bifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective biflorus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus

[and] [added for smoother reading]

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

linear-lanceolate. lineari-lanceolatis = lineari- (combining form of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e) + lanceolatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis

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Panicum	Panicum
with a panicle	panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae
oblong	oblonga - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies panicula
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
spreading;	patente - ablative singular feminine of present active participle of second conjugation verb pateo, -ere, -ui, —; modifies panicula
with calyces	calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis
two-flowered;	bifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective biflorus, -a, -um; modifies calycibus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension nauter noun folium, folii
linear-lanceolate.	lineari-lanceolatis = lineari- (combining form of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e) + lanceolatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis