Carpinus ostrya Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 998. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Virginia." RCN: 7232.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1131.4 (LINN); Herb. Clifford: 447, Carpinus 2 (BM) ; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 156, f. 1. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 7. 1696; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 223, t. 104, f. 1,2. 1729.

Current name: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. ( Betulaceae).

Note: See comments by Reveal (in Taxon 39: 357, 359. 1990).