Genera Plantarum

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Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical book
taxonomic work
aim to provide a systematic overview of plant genera
to stabilize plant generic nomenclature
associatedWith Linnaean sexual system of plants
surface form: Linnaean sexual system of classification
author Carl Linnaeus
basisFor generic names of many plant taxa
catalogues vascular plant genera
contains artificial classification system
descriptions of plant genera
diagnostic characters for genera
countryOfOrigin Sweden
editionCount 3
era pre-Darwinian botany
field botany
plant taxonomy
firstEditionPageCount about 500 pages
firstEditionPublicationYear 1737
followedBy Species Plantarum
genre reference work
scientific literature
hasCanonicalStatusIn history of botany
hasEdition first edition
second edition
third edition
historicalSignificance foundational work in plant systematics
helped standardize generic concepts in botany
influenced International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
Species Plantarum
modern plant taxonomy
isPartOf Systema Naturae
surface form: Linnaean taxonomy
language Latin
LatinTitle Genera Plantarum self-link
notableFor concise generic diagnoses
influence on binomial nomenclature
systematic arrangement of plant genera
originalMedium print
placeOfFirstPublication Leiden NERFINISHED
precedes later generic floras
publicationCentury 18th century
publisherOfFirstEdition Haak
subject plant genera
taxonomicRankCovered genus
timePeriodOfComposition early 18th century
usedBy botanists
taxonomists
usesClassificationSystemOf Carl Linnaeus

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Carl Linnaeus knownFor Genera Plantarum
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