Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Fagus pumila in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 998 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.
original Latin diagnosis
Fagus foliis lanceolato-ovatis acute serratis subtus tomentosis, amentis filiformibus nodosis.
English translation
Fagus with leaf blades lanceolate, sharply serrate, [and] below tomentose; [and] with aments filiform [and] knotted.
| Fagus | Fagus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| lanceolate-ovate, | lanceolato-ovatis = lanceolato- (combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um) + ovatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| sharply | acute - adverb; modifies serratis |
| serrate, | serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -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 aments | amentis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun amentum |
| filiform | filiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies amentis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| knotted. | nodosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective nodosus, -a, -um; modifies amentis |