Linnaean
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Linnean, Linean, Linnæan, Linæan
Etymology
[edit]From Linnaeus + -an. After Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), Swedish naturalist who helped to standardize biological nomenclature.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Linnaean (not comparable)
- (biology) Of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally or in a wider sense, to the era influenced by him.
- (taxonomy) Of or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
- 2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26:
- Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.
- Relating to the nomenclature Codes that have their starting point in a work by Linnaeus or are derived from such a Code. This includes the idea of a ranked taxonomy, which was not initiated by Linnaeus.
Translations
[edit]of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus
of or relating to the binomial nomenclature
relating to the nomenclature Codes derived from Linnaeus' work