Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Zizania aquatica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 991.
today: The current name for this species is Zizania aquatica L.
original Latin diagnosis
Zizania panicula effusa.
English translation
Zizania with a panicle spread out.
| Zizania | Zizania |
| with a panicle | panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae |
| spread out. | effusa - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective effusus, -a, -um; modifies panicula |