Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Schoenus ferrugineus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 43.
today: The current name for this species is Schoenus ferrugineus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Schoenus culmo tereti nudo, spica duplici, involucri valvula majore spicam aequante.
English translation
Schoenus with the culm terete [and] naked; with the spike two-fold, [and] of the involucre with the valve [that is] larger to the spike equal.
| Schoenus | Schoenus |
| 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 |
| with the spike | spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| two-fold; | duplici - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective duplex, duplex, duplex; modifies spica |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| of the involucre | involucri - genitive singular of second declension neuter noun involucrum, -i |
| with the valve | valvula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun valvula, -ae |
| [that is] larger | majore - ablative singular feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective magnus, -a, -um; modifies valvula |
| to the spike | spicam - accusative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae; object of aequante |
| equal. | aequante - ablative singular feminine of present active participle of first conjugation verb aequo, -are, -avi, -atum; agrees with valvula |