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linnean
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linnaean \Lin*n[ae]"an\, Linnean \Lin*ne"an\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"an), a. Of or pertaining to Linn[ae]us, the celebrated Swedish botanist.
Linn[ae]an system, Linnean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.
Wikipedia
Linnean is closely associated with the alternative spelling Linnaean, and can refer to any of the following, all of which are related to the original system of scientific taxonomy of biological species or its author Carl Linnaeus. The Linnean Society of London suggests 1 that the distinction in spelling is between ‘Linnaean’ referring to Linnaeus himself, his works, his classification scheme and the system of nomenclature, and ‘Linnean’ referring to the various societies and is in accord with the name von Linné, which Linnaeus adopted after being ennobled in 1761.
Usage examples of "linnean".
Last year he sent to me a memoir on this subject, with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society.
Alfred Tylor soon after his paper on the growth of trees and protoplasmic continuity was read before the Linnean Society - that is to say, in December, 1884 - and I proposed to make the theory concerning the subdivision of organic life into animal and vegetable, which I have broached in my concluding chapter, the main feature of the book.
Animals can be classified spirituallyand there is no point in any other classification, such as the materialistic Linnean oneinto two great groups, herbivores and beasts of prey.
Brown was almost immediately appointed librarian of the Linnean Society.
Etheridge has written a paper, published in the records of the Linnean Society of N.