Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Nardus ciliaris in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 53.
today: The current name for this species is Eremochloa ciliaris (L.) Merr.
original Latin diagnosis
Nardus spica incurva ciliata.
English translation
Nardus with a spike curved inward [and] ciliate.
| Nardus | Nardus |
| with a spike | spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae |
| curved inward | incurva - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective incurvus, -a, -um; modifies spica |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| ciliate. | ciliata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ciliatus, -a, -um; modifies spica |