Linnaeus

[ li-nee-uhs ]

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Car·o·lus [kar, -, uh, -l, uh, s], Carl von Linné, 1707–78, Swedish botanist.

Linnaeus

/ -ˈneɪ-; lɪˈniːəs /

LinnaeusCarolus17071778MSwedishSCIENCE: botanist Carolus (ˈkærələs), original name Carl von Linné. 1707–78, Swedish botanist, who established the binomial system of biological nomenclature that forms the basis of modern classification

Linnaeus

/ lĭ-nē′əs,lĭ-nā′əs /

Swedish naturalist who in 1735 introduced a method for classifying plants and animals using generic and specific designations. This laid the foundation for the modern system of binomial nomenclature.

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You might notice the name is related to Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae.

Five years later, Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae used the same system to name animals.

You can forgive Linnaeus for not coming up with this system.

Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere school-boys to old Aristotle.

Aristotle did make progress beyond earlier philosophers, just as Darwin advanced beyond Linnaeus and Cuvier.

This curious insect is said to be found on the Banksia, and would probably, with Linnaeus, have been a Bruchus.

Born under the star of Linnaeus, his own researches lay in the systematic field—more especially among the Ferns and Bryophytes.

But the chief interest in this work is, perhaps, Hill's criticisms of Linnaeus.

In the days of Linnaeus, they all—from their appearance at twilight—went by the family name of Vespertilio.

Linnaeus was the greatest systematist in the history of botany.

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