Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Corylus avellana in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 998 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Corylus avellana L.
original Latin diagnosis
Corylus stipulis ovatis obtusis.
English translation
Corylus with stipules ovate [and] obtuse.
| Corylus | Corylus |
| with stipules | stipulis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun stipula, -ae |
| ovate | ovatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies stipulis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| obtuse. | btusis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies stipulis |