Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Fagus castanea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 997 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Castanea sativa Mill.
original Latin diagnosis
Fagus foliis lanceolatis acuminato-serratis subtus nudis.
English translation
Fagus with leaf blades lanceolate [and] acuminate-serrate [and] below naked.
| Fagus | Fagus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| lanceolate | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| acuminate-serrate | acuminato-serratis - acuminato- (combining form of group A adjective acuminatus, -a, -um) + serratis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| below | subtus - adverb |
| naked. | nudis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |