Systema Naturae

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Systema Naturae is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 18th-century work that established the modern hierarchical system for classifying and naming organisms.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book edition
book edition
book edition
scientific book
taxonomic work
author Carl Linnaeus
cataloguedApproximateSpeciesCountInLaterEditions over 4,000 animal species
over 7,000 plant species
countryOfOrigin Sweden
field biology
systematics
taxonomy
firstPublicationYear 1735
fullLatinTitle Systema Naturae
surface form: "Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis"
hasAbbreviation Systema Naturae
surface form: "Syst. Nat."
hasAlternativeTitle Systema Naturae
surface form: "Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae"
hasEdition Systema Naturae
surface form: "Systema Naturae, 10th edition"

Systema Naturae
surface form: "Systema Naturae, 12th edition"

Systema Naturae
surface form: "Systema Naturae, 1st edition"
hasTaxonomicRank classis
genus
ordo
regnum
species
includesKingdom Animalia
Mineralia
Plantae
influenced International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
modern biological classification
introducedConcept binomial nomenclature for species
hierarchical ranks such as class, order, genus, species
language Latin
notableFor providing a comprehensive catalog of known species of its time
standardizing species names in Latin
originalLanguage Latin
placeOfFirstPublication Leiden NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 18th century
publicationYear 1735
1758
publicationYears 1766–1768
publisherOfFirstEdition Theodor Haak
significance starting point for zoological nomenclature
subject binomial nomenclature
classification of living organisms
hierarchical taxonomy
volumeCount 2
3

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Fragaria describedIn Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Linnaean taxonomy"
Systema Naturae fullLatinTitle Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis"
Systema Naturae hasAbbreviation Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Syst. Nat."
Systema Naturae hasAlternativeTitle Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae"
Systema Naturae hasEdition Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae, 1st edition"
Systema Naturae hasEdition Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae, 10th edition"
Systema Naturae hasEdition Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae, 12th edition"
Carl Linnaeus hasWork Systema Naturae
Critica Botanica influenced Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Linnaean taxonomy"
Genera Plantarum isPartOf Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Linnaean taxonomy"
Carl Linnaeus knownFor Systema Naturae
Critica Botanica partOf Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Linnaeus’s early taxonomic works"
Species Plantarum precededBy Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Systema Naturae (early editions)"
Critica Botanica relatedWork Systema Naturae
this entity surface form: "Linnaean system"