Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Nardus articulata in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 53.
today: The current name for this species is Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E. Hubb.
original Latin diagnosis
Nardus spica cylindrica articulata.
English translation
Nardus with a spike cylindric [and] jointed.
| Nardus | Nardus |
| with a spike | spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| cylindric | cylindrica - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective cylindricus, -a, -um; modifies spica |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| jointed. | articulata - ablative singular feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb articulo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spica |