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Systema Naturae (originally in Latin written Systema Naturæ with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomenclature, was partially developed by the Bauhin brothers, Gaspard and ...
- Sweden
- 1735
- Biological classification
- Carl Linnaeus, (Carl von Linné)
In zoology: Taxonomy or systematics. Linnaeus’ great work, the Systema naturae, went through 12 editions during his lifetime; the 13th, and final, edition appeared posthumously. Although his treatment of the diversity of living things has been expanded in detail, revised in terms of taxonomic categories, and corrected in the light of ...
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done ...
Systema naturae was edited 12 times in Linnaeus’ life. As each edition was amended, corrected and augmented, Systema naturae grew in scope and content. For the first 9 editions (1735-1756), Linnaeus’ classification of man remained stable, with the human species divided into four types, or “varieties”, as he called them in Latin.
Mar 22, 2024 · Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them (binomial nomenclature). He is also known for Systema Naturae (1735) and Species Plantarum (1753), two seminal works in biology.
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- What is Carolus Linnaeus known for?Swedish naturalist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to crea...
- When was Carolus Linnaeus born?Carolus Linnaeus was born on May 23, 1707, in Råshult, Småland, Sweden.
- Where did Carolus Linnaeus study?Carolus Linnaeus’s early interest in botany was channeled by a teacher at Växjö gymnasium, in Kronoberg, southern Sweden. In 1727 Linnaeus began hi...
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1 day ago · “Systema Naturae” by Linnaeus, which went through multiple editions between 1735 and 1768, created a nested arrangement of kingdom, class, order, genus and species into which every living ...
Systema Naturae. Carl von Linné, or Carl Linnaeus (1707–1788) was a Swedish physician, botanist, and zoologist who created a new system of classification for all living things. His first attempt at classifying plants and animals was published in 1735 as Systema Naturae. However, Linnaeus undertook several major revisions of this work and it ...
