- tiliatus
- Gk tilos, fibre; L. -atum, possessing. The species is a source of fibre as is the bark of Tilia spp. (Linden) from which genus the grass species may directly take its name. The generic name Tilia is the same as the vernacular Latin which is probably derived from Greek sources
Etymological dictionary of grasses . H. Trevor Clifford, Peter D.. 2012.