Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cyperus articulatus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 44.
today: The current name for this species is Cyperus articulatus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Cyperus culmo tereti nudo articulato.
English translation
Cyperus with the culm terete, naked, [and] jointed.
| Cyperus | Cyperus |
| with the culm | culmo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun culmus, -i |
| terete, | tereti - ablative singular masculine of group B adjective teres, teres, tere; modifies culmo |
| naked, | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| jointed. | articulato - ablative singular masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb articulo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies culmo |