Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cyperus minimus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 44.
today: The current name for this species is Bulbostylus capillaris (L.) C. B. Clarke
original Latin diagnosis
Cyperus culmo tereti nudo, spicis sub apice.
English translation
Cyperus with the culm terete [and] naked; [and] with the spikes below the apex.
| 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 |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| naked; | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with the spikes | spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| below | sub - preposition (takes ablative) |
| the apex. | apice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun apex, apicis; object of sub |