Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Corylus colurna in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 999 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Corylus colurna L.
original Latin diagnosis
Corylus stipulis linearibus acutis.
English translation
Corylus with stipules linear [and] acute.
| Corylus | Corylus |
| with stipules | stipulis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun stipula, -ae |
| linear | linearibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies stipulis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| acute. | acutis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective acutus, -a, -um; modifies stipulis |