Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Phalaris arundinacea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 55.
today: The current name for this species is Phalaris arundinacea L.
original Latin diagnosis
Phalaris panicula oblonga ventricosa.
English translation
Phalaris with a panicle oblong [and] swollen.
| Phalaris | Phalaris |
| with a panicle | panicula - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun panicula, -ae |
| oblong | oblonga - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies panicula |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| swollen. | ventricosa - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ventricosus, -a, -um; modifies panicula |