Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cunosurus lima in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 72.
today: The current name for this species is Wangenheimia lima (L.) Trin.
original Latin diagnosis
Cynosurus spica secunda, calycis gluma interiore spiculis subjecta.
English translation
Cynosurus with a spike secund; [and] of the calyx the inner glume below the spikelets is placed.
| Cynosurus | Cynosurus |
| with a spike | spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| secund; | secunda - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective secundus, -a, -um; modifies spica |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| of the calyx | calycis - genitive singular of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| with the inner | interiore - ablative singular feminine of comparative degree adjective interior, interior, interius; modifies gluma |
| glume | gluma - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun gluma, -ae |
| [below] the spikelets | spiculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spicula, -ae; object of subjecta |
| is placed. | subjecta - ablative singular of perfect passive participle of third conugation verb subicio, subicere, subieci, subiectum; agrees with gluma |