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(lĭ-nēəs, -nā-), Carl or Carolus Also called Carl von Linné. 1707-1778.
(lĭ-nēəs, -nā-), Carl or Carolus Also called Carl von Linné. 1707-1778. Swedish botanist and founder of the modern classification system for plants and animals, presented in his influential work Systema Naturae.
Carl Linnaeus