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    Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised...
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    Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre (Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y.), or Linnaeus filius (Latin...
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    bibliography of Carl Linnaeus includes academic works about botany, zoology, nomenclature and taxonomy written by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)...
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    of Carl Linnaeus has been ongoing for over two centuries. Celebrated for his scientific work, Linnaeus was knighted and granted nobility (as Carl von...
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    botanist Carl Linnaeus. The expeditions took place during the latter half of the 18th century and the students were designated 'apostles' by Linnaeus. Many...
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  • Swedish Linnaeus Society (Swedish Svenska Linnésällskapet) is a Swedish learned society devoted to the study of the 18th century naturalist Carl Linnaeus. It...
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    naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced...
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    (Högskolan i Kalmar), and is named in honour of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. Växjö University began as a local department of Lund University in...
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  • former summer home of Carl Linnaeus and his family. Carl Linnaeus was a scientist and professor at Uppsala University. In 1762 Linnaeus bought the small estate...
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    1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling...
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    Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known...
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    zoologist Carl Linnaeus on 29 June 1771, offering to send him "a few Birds & insects" collected by her brother Ashton near New York. Linnaeus thanked her...
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    This list encompasses students of the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), professor of medicine at Uppsala University from 1741 until 1777,...
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    nomenclature is due to Swedish botanist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). It was in Linnaeus's 1753 Species Plantarum that he began consistently using...
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  • Vermes (section Linnaeus)
    is an obsolete taxon used by Carl Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for non-arthropod invertebrate animals. In Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, the Vermes...
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    the true Nasturtium genus. The current genus name Tropaeolum, coined by Linnaeus, means "little trophy". Tropaeolum is the diminutive form of the Latin...
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  • interpreted Linnaeus' statements as reflecting a view that "Europeans' superiority resides in "culture," and that the decisive factor in Linnaeus' taxa was...
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    Sara Elisabeth Moræa (category Carl Linnaeus)
    Moræa; 26 April 1716 – 20 April 1806) was married to Carl Linnaeus and was mother to Carl Linnaeus the Younger and Elisabeth Christina von Linné. She was...
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    and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. In 1750–1752 he travelled...
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    belonging to the family Geraniaceae. It was first described in 1756 by Carl Linnaeus. Its native range is Europe to Caucasus. "Geranium bohemicum L. | Plants...
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    (taxonomy) set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set forth in his Systema Naturae (1735) and subsequent works. In the taxonomy of Linnaeus there are three kingdoms...
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    Gracula quiscula coined by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus for the common grackle. From where Linnaeus obtained the word is uncertain, but it may come...
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    names proposed by Clerck in Svenska Spindlar (which were adopted by Carl Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 with only minor modifications) had traditionally...
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    Dog (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    of "man's best friend". In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus published in his Systema Naturae, the two-word naming of species (binomial...
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  • Linnaeus or Linne may refer to: 7412 Linnaeus, an asteroid Linné (crater), a crater on the Moon's surface Linnaeus Terrace, Victoria Land, Antarctica Linne...
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    formalized botanical taxonomies were laid out in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus. Anthropologists have observed that taxonomies are generally embedded...
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  • Linnaeus's flower clock was a garden plan hypothesized by Carl Linnaeus that would take advantage of several plants that open or close their flowers at...
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  • before discovery of Carl Linnaeus (Botanist) plants and animals were considered separate Kingdoms.[unreliable source?] Linnaeus used this as the top...
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    Linnéa (category Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus)
    scientist Carl Linnaeus, who was ennobled as Carl von Linné later in life. Primarily, people have named their children in his honor; Linnaeus and Linné...
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    Great auk (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    great auk was one of the 4,400 animal species formally described by Carl Linnaeus in his eighteenth-century work Systema Naturae, in which it was given...
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