Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cyperus strigosus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 47.
today: The current name for this species is Cyperus strigosus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Cyperus culmo triquetro nudo, umbella simplici, spiculis linearibus confertissimis horizontalibus.
English translation
Cyperus with the culm three-angled [and] naked; with an umbel simple; with spikelets linear, packed together very closely, [and] horizontal.
| Cyperus | Cyperus |
| with the culm | culmo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun culmus, -i |
| three-angled | triquetro - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective triquetrus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| naked; | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective seminudus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| with an umbel | umbella - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun umbella, -ae |
| simple; | simplici - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective simplex, simplex, simplex; modifies umbella |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with spikelets | spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae |
| linear, | linearibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies spiculis |
| packed together very closely, | confertissimis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of fourt conjugtion verb confercio, confercire, confersi, confertum; modifies spiculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| hotizontal. | horizontalibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective Horizontalis, -is, -e; modifies spiculis |