Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Scirpus romanus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 49.
today: The current name for this species is Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják
original Latin diagnosis
Scirpus culmo tereti nudo, capitulo laterali conglobato, bractea reflexa.
English translation
Scirpus with the culm terete and bare; with a capitulum lateral [and] clustered [together?]; [and] with a bract reflexed.
| Scirpus | Scirpus |
| 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 culmis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| bare; | nudis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies culmis |
| with a capitulum | capitulo - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun capitulum, -i |
| lateral | laterali - ablative singular neuter of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies spicis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| clustered; | glomeratis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb glomero, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spicis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with a bract | bractea - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun bractea, -ae |
| reflexed. | reflexa - ablative singular feminine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb reflecto, reflectere, reflexi, reflexum; modifies bractea |