Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Carpinus ostrya in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 998 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Ostrya carpinifolia Scop.
original Latin diagnosis
Carpinus squamis strobilorum inflatis.
English translation
Carpinus with scales of the strobili filled with air.
| Carpinus | Carpinus |
| with scales | squamis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun squama, -ae |
| of the strobili | strobilorum - genitive plural of second declension masculine noun strobilus, -i |
| filled with air. | inflatis - perfect passive participle, ablative plural feminine of first conjugation verb inflo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies squamis |