Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Fagus sylvatica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 998 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Fagus sylvatica L.
original Latin diagnosis
Fagus foliis ovatis obsolete serratis.
English translation
Fagus with leaf blades ovate [and] obsoletely serrate.
| Fagus | Fagus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| ovate | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| serrate. | serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |