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1707-1778. Latinized form of Carl von Linne.
Swedish naturalist and physician. His
botanical work Systema naturae 1758 contained
his system for classifying plants into groups
depending on the number of stamens in their
flowers, providing a much-needed framework
for identification. He also devised the
concise and precise system for naming plants
and animals, using one Latin (or Latinized)
word to represent the genus and a second to
distinguish the species. For example, in the
Latin name of the daisy, Bellis perennis,
Bellis is the name of the genus to which the
plant belongs, and perennis distinguishes the
species from others of the same genus. By
tradition the generic name always begins with
a capital letter. The author who first
described a particular species is often
indicated after the name, for example, Bellis
perennis Linnaeus, showing that the author
was Linnaeus. See also binomial
classification, taxonomy.