Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Schoenoplectus (2)
Epithet: tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla (1)
Synonym: Schoenoplectus validus (Vahl) Á.Löve & D.Löve
tabernaemontani => latinization of Bergzabern; in honor of Jacobus Theodorus (1522[in Bad Bergzabern]-1590), German physician and botanist
validus => strong, well-developed