| 单词 | sexual system |
| 释义 | > as lemmassexual system sexual system n. [after post-classical Latin systema sexuale ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1735))] Botany (now historical) the Linnaean classification of plants, in which plants are grouped according to the number of stamens and pistils in each flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > classification > specific systems sexual method1738 sexual system1754 Linnaeanism1831 Tae-Bo1994 1754 tr. C. Alston Diss. Bot. 69 According to the sexual system, where trees are confounded with herbs, a methodical Syntax or Construction of Plants in a garden is impossible. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. Pref. iii. Dr. Linnæus; whose Labors..and whose Invention of the Sexual System in particular are well known. 1825 T. K. Cromwell Hist. Colchester 352 The herbaceous collection will be arranged according to the sexual system of Linnæus. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants i. 9 Linnaeus chose as his main criteria of classification the reproductive parts of plants (stamens and carpels), and his is therefore referred to as the Sexual System of Classification. 2003 Bryologist 106 27/2 Many botanists used the artificial sexual system of Linnaeus, while others preferred the natural method that was largely advocated by Augustin Pyramus De Candolle. < as lemmas |
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