Carl von Linn茅
(Carolus Linnaeus) (1707 - 1778)
"The Father
of Taxonomy"
Carl von Linn茅
(Carolus Linnaeus) (1707 - 1778)
"The Father
of Taxonomy"
Carl von Linn茅 (1707 - 1778) was a Swedish botanist who popularized the concept of binomial nomenclature, in which every organism has both a genus ("general") and species ("special") name, as well as fitting into a hierarchy of Families, Orders, and Classes. He published in Latin so as to be understood by all European scientists of the day, and is more commonly known as Carolus Linnaeus. Publication by Linnaeus of the 10th edition of "Systema Naturae" (1758) is regarded as the "birthday" of modern systematics, on 01 January 1758. Linnean binomials in this text take precedence over all subsequently published names. By convention, the first authors of any binomial name are included along with the date of the description. Linnaeus' name is included in that of many species first described in that work. For example, Atlantic Cod is formally named as Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758, typically abbreviated simply Gadus morhua L.