Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Quercus gramuntia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 995 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Quercus ilex L.
original Latin diagnosis
Quercus foliis oblongo-ovatis sinuato-spinosis subtus tomentosis, glandibus pedunculatis.
English translation
Quercus with leaf blades oblong-ovate, sinuate-spinose [and] below tomentose; [and] with glands pedunculate.
| Quercus | Quercus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| oblong-ovate | oblongo-ovatis = oblongo- (combining form of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| sinuate-spinose | sinuato-spinosis = sinuato- (combining form of group A adjective sinuatus, -a, -um) + spinosis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective spinosus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| below | subtus - adverb |
| tomentose; | tomentosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective tomentosus, a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with glands | glandibus - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun glans, glandis |
| pedunculate. | pedunculatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective pedunculatus, -a, -um; modifies glandibus |