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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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    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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    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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    (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. Linnaeus gradually turned the estate...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    Black-throated loon (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Colymbus arcticus. Linnaeus specified the type locality...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Linnaea (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    twinflower (sometimes written twin flower). This plant was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus, founder of the modern system of binomial nomenclature, after whom the...
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    Orca (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    genus Orcinus, and one of many animal species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Konrad Gessner...
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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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    was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Forsskål was born in Helsinki, now in Finland but then a part of Sweden...
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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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    Emmelina monodactyla (category Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus)
    in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The wingspan is 18–27 mm. The moths fly nearly year-round....
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