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| Car⋅o⋅lus [kar-uh-luhs] , (Carl von Linné), 1707–78, Swedish botanist. |
| Lin·nae·us (lĭ-nē'əs, -nā'-) Swedish botanist and founder of the modern classification system for plants and animals. |
A Swedish biologist of the eighteenth century. Linnaeus originated our present scheme of classification of living things. Linnaeus started the standard scientific practice of referring to animals and plants by genus and species whereby, for example, people are Homo sapiens and sugar maple trees are Acer saccharum.
Linnaeus Lin·nae·us (lĭ-nē'əs, -nā'-), Carolus. Known as “Karl Linné.”. 1707-1778.
Swedish botanist and founder of the modern binomial classification system for plants and animals.
| Linnaeus (lĭ-nē'əs, lĭ-nā'əs) Pronunciation Key
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. |