Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Saccharum spicatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 54.
today: The current name for this species is Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze
original Latin diagnosis
Saccharum floribus spicatis.
English translation
Saccharum with inflorescence spicate.
| Saccharum | Saccharum |
| inflorescence | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculie noun flos, floris |
| spicate. | spicatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective spicatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus |