Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Carpinus betulus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 998 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Carpinus betulus L.
original Latin diagnosis
Carpinus squamis strobilorum planis.
English translation
Carpinus with scales of the strobilus flat.
| Carpinus | Carpinus |
| with scales | squamis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun squama, -ae |
| of the strobilus | strobilorum - genitive plural of second declension masculine noun strobilus, -i |
| flat. | planis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective planus, -a, -um; modifies squamis |