Binomial nomenclature (Linnaeus)
Clasificación binomial y sistema natural
- Date
- 1735-1753 · confidence high
- Place
- Uppsala, Sweden
- Credited to
- Carl Linnaeus
- People
- 👤 Carlos Linneo1707–1778
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Systema Naturae (1735) and Species Plantarum (1753) established binomial nomenclature (genus + species) and a hierarchy of classes, orders and genera applicable to all living things, including humans (Homo sapiens).
What it led to
- modern taxonomy and systematics
- a common language for global biology
- biodiversity inventories
- the basis for Darwin's evolutionary classification
Built on
- Hortus Malabaricus1678-1693
- classification by Aristotle and Theophrastus
- John Ray and the concept of species
Made possible
- international nomenclature codes
- herbaria and systematic collections