Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Daucus carota in Species Plantarum, 1st edition, p. 242.
today: The current name for this species is Daucus carota L.
original Latin description
Daucus seminibus hispidis.
English translation
Daucus with seeds hispid.
English translation with commentary
| Daucus | Daucus |
| with seeds | seminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun semen, seminis |
| hispid. | hispidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um; modifies seminibus |