Species Plantarum

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Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.

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Sp. Pl. 1
Species Plantarum, 2nd edition 1
The Species of Plants 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical book
taxonomic work
approximateNumberOfSpeciesDescribed 5900
author Carl Linnaeus
basisOf modern botanical nomenclature
catalogedGroup ferns
flowering plants
gymnosperms
some cryptogams
catalogs known plant species of the mid-18th century
countryOfPublication Sweden
describes plant species
field botany
systematics
taxonomy
followedBy Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Species Plantarum, 2nd edition
genre scientific literature
hasAbbreviation Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sp. Pl.
hasAuthorRole Carl Linnaeus as taxonomist
hasInfluenceOnDiscipline systematic botany
hasPart Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volume I of Species Plantarum

Volume II of Species Plantarum
hasTitleTranslation Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Species of Plants
historicalSignificance foundation of modern plant taxonomy
milestone in the history of botany
inceptionOf starting point for botanical nomenclature
influenced International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
subsequent floras and taxonomic works
introducedConcept binomial nomenclature for plants
language Latin
mainSubject binomial nomenclature
plant taxonomy
plants
notableFor providing first consistent binomial names for many species
standardizing plant names
numberOfVolumes 2
placeOfPublication Stockholm
precededBy Systema Naturae
surface form: Systema Naturae (early editions)
publicationCentury 18th century
publicationDate 1753-05-01
publicationYear 1753
publisher Laurentii Salvii
startPageCount 1
timePeriodDescribed 18th-century botanical knowledge
usedAs nomenclatural starting point for most plant groups
usedClassificationSystem sexual system of classification
workType taxonomic catalogue

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Chelidonium describedIn Species Plantarum
Papaver somniferum describedIn Species Plantarum
Potentilla describedIn Species Plantarum
Genera Plantarum followedBy Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum followedBy Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Species Plantarum, 2nd edition
Species Plantarum hasAbbreviation Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sp. Pl.
Species Plantarum hasPart Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volume I of Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum hasTitleTranslation Species Plantarum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Species of Plants
Carl Linnaeus hasWork Species Plantarum
Genera Plantarum influenced Species Plantarum
Carl Linnaeus knownFor Species Plantarum