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Phleum alpinum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Phleum alpinum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 59.
   today: The current name for this species is Phleum alpinum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Phleum spica ovato-cylindracea.

English translation
Phleum with a spike ovate-cylindric.


English translation with commentary
Phleum Phleum
with a spike spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
ovate-cylindric. ovato-cylindricea = ovato- (combining form of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um) + cylindracea (ablative singular feminine of group A adjective cylindraceus, -a, -um); modifies spica



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