Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Quercus phellos in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 994 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Quercus phellos L.
original Latin diagnosis
Quercus foliis lanceolatis integerrimis glabris.
English translation
Quercus with leaf blades lanceolate, entire, and glabrous.
| Quercus | Quercus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate, | lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| entire, | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| glabrous. | glabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrumum; modifies foliis |