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The classification of species allows the subdivision of living organisms into smaller and more specialised groups. The binomial system is important because it allows scientists to accurately identify ...

The relevance of taxonomy in our genomic era is greater than ever. Correct naming is crucial for developing new foods and medicines, and for understanding our changing environment. Amazingly, we do ...

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The Linnaean hierarchy is a system of nested classes whose members are individual organisms. It will be the purpose of this paper to set out the logic of this system in a manner which is faithful to ...

Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander published little in his lifetime. But through his botanic collections from his travels and a rigorous application of a revolutionary naming system, he laid important ...

FOUNCED ten years after the death of the A celebrated Linnæus, the Linnean Society of London has for the past hundred and fifty years carried on the work he initiated in systematic botany and zoology.

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Lectotypes, neotypes and epitypes are designated by 23 specialists for 86 previously untypified Linnaean plant names belonging to the family ...