Linnaeus

Lin·nae·us

L0188300 (lĭ-nē′əs, -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.

Linnaeus

(lɪˈniːəs; -ˈneɪ-) n (Biography) Carolus (ˈkærələs), original name Carl von Linné. 1707–78, Swedish botanist, who established the binomial system of biological nomenclature that forms the basis of modern classification

Lin•nae•us

(lɪˈni əs)

n. Carolus (Carl von Linné), 1707–78, Swedish botanist.

Carolus Linnaeus

Lin·nae·us

(lĭ-nē′əs, lĭ-nā′əs) 1707-1778. Swedish naturalist who founded the modern classification system for the naming of plants and animals. He introduced the use of two names including a designation of genus and species in 1749. See more at binomial nomenclature.

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Linnaeus - Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)Carl von Linne, Carolus Linnaeus, Karl Linne