Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Scirpus mucronatus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 50.
today: The current name for this species is Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla
original Latin diagnosis
Scirpus culmo triquetro nudo acuminato, panicula conglomerata nuda.
English translation
Scirpus with the culm three-angled, bare, [and] acuminate; [and] with a panicle clustered and bare.
| Scirpus | Scirpus |
| 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 |
| bare, | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| acuminate; | acuminato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um; modifies culmo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with a panicle | panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae |
| clustered | conglomerata - ablative singular feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb conglomero, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies panicula |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| bare. | nuda - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies panicula |