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Carl Linnaeus

Published by Conrad Wishoff and Georgia. Jac. Wishoff, New York.

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Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus (after 1761 Carolus a Linné).

Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, while publishing several ...

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The standard author abbreviation used to indicate this person as the author, when citing a botanical name: L.

10,788 plant species named BY Linnaeus and 164 plant species named AFTER Linnaeus.

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10,788 Plant species named BY Linnaeus
Source: International Plant Name Index

The following 10,788 plant species names have been described and named BY Linnaeus (L.)

 

Abrus precatorius L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 472 (1767).

Acaena Mutis ex L., Mant. Pl. Altera 145, 200 (1771).

Acaena L., Mant. Pl. Altera 145 (200) (1771).

Acaena elongata L., Mant. Pl. Altera 200 (1771).

Acalypha L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1003 (1753).

Acalypha australis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1004 (1753).

Acalypha indica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1003 (1753).

Acalypha virgata L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1275 (1759).

Acalypha virginica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1003 (1753).

Acanthus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753).

Acanthus dioscoridis L., Cent. Pl. II. 23 (1756).

Acanthus ilicifolius L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753).

Acanthus maderaspatensis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753).

Acanthus mollis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753).

Acanthus spinosus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753).

Acer L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1054 (1753).

Acer campestre L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1055 (1753).

Acer creticum L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1497 (1763).

Acer monspessulanum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1056 (1753).

Acer negundo L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1056 (1753).

The remaining 10,768 species names will be published here

164 Plant species named AFTER Linnaeus
Updated on the 29th of May 2020

The following 164 plant species names have been described and named AFTER Linnaeus (... linnaei), (… linnaeana), (… linnaeanum), (… linnaeanus) & (Linnaea …)

 

75 species named AFTER Linnaeus (… linnaei)

Acmella linnaei Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 24: 330 (1822).

Adonis linnaei Sennen, Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 25(3-4): 54, in syn. (1926).

Alsine linnaei Jess., Deut. Excurs.-Fl. 286 (1879) (1879).

Alsine linnaei E.H.L.Krause, Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 35 (1901).

Asplenium linnaei Soó in H.P.Fuchs, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 20 (1963).

Barbarea linnaei Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 3: 929 (1829).

Bauhinia linnaei Ali, Portug. Acta Biol., Ser. B viii. 243 (1966).

Blechum linnaei Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 465 (1847).

Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 466 (1847).

Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 466 (1847).

Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 466 (1847).

Bobartia linnaei Pritz., Ind. Ic. ii. 47 perperam.

Bulbocastanum linnaei Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 249 (1866).

Bulliarda linnaei Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 497 (1824).

Carex linnaei Degl., in Loisel. Fl. Gall. 627.

Cerbera linnaei Montrouz., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 10: 233 (1860).

Cereus chilensis var. linnaei K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 63 (1897).

Cereus linnaei C.F.Först., in Hamb. Gartenz. xvii. (1861) 165.

Clerodendrum linnaei Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 243 (1861).

Clerodendrum linnaei F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 6(45): 151 (1868).

Cochlearia linnaei Griewank ex Asch., Fl. Prov. Brandenb. 54.

Cordia linnaei Stearn, J. Arnold Arbor. 52(4): 627 (-631; fig. 3) (1971).

Coulteria linnaei Acev.-Rodr., Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98: 419 (2012), nom. illeg.

Crinum linnaei M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 89 (1847).

Dalea linnaei Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 57. I. 38 (1803).

Diodia virginiana var. linnaei Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2(1): 29 (1841).

Drynaria linnaei Bedd., Ferns Brit. India 3: t.315 (1869).

Elaeocarpus linnaei Coode, Kew Bull. 50(2): 273 (1995).

Ephedra linnaei Stapf ex Koehne, Deut. Dendrol. (1893). 58 et 579 ad calc (1893).

Ganymedes linnaei Kunth, Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 719 (1850).

Gerbera linnaei Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 18: 460 (1821).

Globularia linnaei Rouy, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 29: 350 (1883).

Glossocarya linnaei (Thwaites) Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 23: 390 (1877).

Glossocarya linnaei Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(2): 1158 (1876), nom. inval.

Holoschoenus linnaei Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 76.

Houstonia linnaei Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 85 (1803).

Houstonia linnaei var. elatior Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 85 (1803).

Houstonia linnaei var. minor Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 85 (1803).

Illicium linnaei Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 120, in obs. (1922).

Indigofera linnaei Ali, Bot. Not. 111: 549 (1958).

Isolepis linnaei Bluff, Nees & Schauer, Comp. Fl. German. i. I. 82 (1836).

Lathyrus linnaei Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 267 (1899).

Lepidium linnaei Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. i. 7.

Malva linnaei M.F.Ray, Novon 8(3): 292 (1998), nom. illeg.

Mangifera linnaei Korth. ex Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Hasskarl) 245 (1844).

Melanthera linnaei Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 4(16): 156 (ed. fol.) (1818).

Melica linnaei Hack. ex Papp, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65(2-3): 292, in syn. (1932).

Melocactus caroli-linnaei N.P.Taylor, Bradleya 9: 78 (1991).

Mentha linnaei Déségl. & Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique xvii. (1878) 311.

Metopium linnaei Engl., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 367 (1883).

Metopium linnaei var. oxymetopium (Griseb.) Engl., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 368 (1883).

Pandanus linnaei Gaudich., Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3(Atlas): t. 22, f. 1-8 (1841).

Panicum quale-linnaei Krock., Fl. Siles. (Krocker) i. 88 (1787).

Peltophorum linnaei Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2(10): 75 (1840), nom. illeg.

Peltophorum linnaei var. managuensis Ram.Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 1: 365 (1909).

Penaea linnaei A.Juss. ex A.DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 486 (1856).

Pennisetum linnaei Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. 49.

Philodendron linnaei Kunth, Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 3: 47 (1841).

Philodendron linnaei var. rionegrense G.S.Bunting, Phytologia 64: 469 (1988).

Polypremum linnaei Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 83 (1803).

Rotang linnaei Baill., Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 13: 299 (1895).

Sagina linnaei C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. ii. 14 (Linnei).

Sagina linnaei A.Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. viii. (1873) 378.

Salvia linnaei Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 11: 327 (1909).

Sarcocolla linnaei A.Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 6: 25 (1846).

Saxifraga linnaei Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 2: 69 (1856).

Thapsus linnaei Opiz, Seznam 95 (1852).

Tradescantia multiflora var. linnaei C.B.Clarke, Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 306 (1881).

Typha linnaei Mavrodiev & Kapit., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 46: 13, t. 1 (2015).

Urachne linnaei Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac. 13 (-14). (1842).

Varronia linnaei (Stearn) J.S.Mill., Novon 17(3): 374 (2007).

Verbascum linnaei Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold & al.] 2(2): 366, 371 (1839), nom. illeg.

Vicia linnaei Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 220 (1899).

Vitis linnaei Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 44(3): 176 (1876).

Ziziphus linnaei M.A.Lawson, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(3): 635 (1875).

22 species named AFTER Linnaeus (… linnaeana)

Achillea oxyloba subsp. linnaeana Heimerl, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 48: 136 (-137) (1884).

Anemone linnaeana Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 1: 39 (1893).

Bolbitis linnaeana (Fée) C.Chr., Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. 198 (1934).

Browallia linnaeana Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 808 (1825).

Carex linnaeana Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 3: 77 (1805).

Centaurea linnaeana Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 1(3): 450 (1849).

Crataegus linnaeana Pojark., Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 24: 444 (1939).

Dryopteris linnaeana C.Chr., Index Filic. 275 (1905).

Dryopteris linnaeana var. disjuncta (Rupr.) Fomin

Dryopteris linnaeana f. glandulosa R.M.Tryon, Amer. Fern J. 29(1): 4 (1939).

Erica linnaeana W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 2: 375 (1811).

Gymnopteris linnaeana Christ, J. Bot. (Morot) 19: 125 (1905).

Helichroa linnaeana Raf., Neogenyton 3 (1825), nom. inval.

Lastrea linnaeana Copel., Gen. Fil. [Copeland] 139 (1947).

Parrya linnaeana Ledeb., Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 1(1): 131 (1841).

Rubia linnaeana Baill., Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 7: 374 (1880).

Salix vagans var. linnaeana Andersson, Salices Bor.-Amer. 16 (1858), nom. illeg.

Scutellaria linnaeana Caruel, Fl. Ital. (Parlatore) 6(1): 322 (1884).

Silene linnaeana Vorosch., in A.K. Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. issl. v razn. raĭonakh SSSR 167 (1985), nom. nov. (1985).

Syringodea linnaeana D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 155 (1834).

Thelypteris linnaeana (Copel.) C.F.Reed, Phytologia 17: 289 (1968).

Tormentilla linnaeana Kechaykin & Shmakov, Turczaninowia 19(4): 126 (2016).

22 species named AFTER Linnaeus (… linnaeanum)

Aconitum linnaeanum Gáyer, Magyar Bot. Lapok viii. 157 (1909).

Aconitum uncinatum var. linnaeanum Ser., Mus. Naturgesch. Helv. 1: 147 (1823).

Acrostichum linnaeanum Hook., (1860).

Anarrhinum linnaeanum Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. i. 41 (1866).

Argyrolobium linnaeanum Walp., Linnaea 13(5): 508 (1840).

Campium linnaeanum Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 37: 343, t.3 (1928).

Chrysodium linnaeanum Kuhn, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 293 (1869).

Equisetum fluviatile f. linnaeanum (Döll) M.Broun, Index No. Amer. Ferns 87 (1938).

Equisetum limosum f. linnaeanum Döll, Fl. Baden [Doell] 1(1): 64 (1855).

Erysimum repandum var. linnaeanum Yıld. & Doğru-Koca, Ot Sist. Bot. Dergisi 15(2): 61 (-62; fig. 21) (2008).

Hieracium linnaeanum Jord. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 444 (1879).

Hieracium linnaeanum Domin, Preslia 13-15: 286 (1935).

Phagnalon linnaeanum Sennen, Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 28(1-2): 40 (1929).

Polypodium phyllitidis var. linnaeanum Hook., Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 5: 38 (1864).

Rapistrum linnaeanum Boiss. & Reut., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Hisp. 5. (1842).

Rapistrum rugosum subsp. linnaeanum Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 2: 73 (1895).

Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger, Kew Bull. 41(2): 435 (1986).

Sorghastrum linnaeanum Nash in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 66, 1326 (1903).

Sorghum nutans var. linnaeanum Hack.

Sorghum nutans subsp. linnaeanum Hack., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 276 (1883).

Thalictrum linnaeanum Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 1: 35 (1893).

Triticum linnaeanum Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl. [Lagasca] 6 (1816).

12 species named AFTER Linnaeus (… linnaeanus)

Andropogon linnaeanus Scribn. & Kearney, Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 40 (1900).

Andropogon linnaeanus Scribn. & C.R.Ball, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. Agrost. xxiv. 40.

Andropogon nutans var. linnaeanus Hack., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 531 (1889).

Brachistus linnaeanus Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 3(16): 269 (1849).

Centropogon linnaeanus E.Wimm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 61, tab. 116, fig. 5 (1931).

Chrysopogon nutans var. linnaeanus (Hack.) C.Mohr, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(1): 21 (1897).

Cocculus linnaeanus Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43(2): 62 (err. typ. 61) (1874).

Cyperus linnaeanus Kunth, Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 115 (1837).

Evolvulus alsinoides var. linnaeanus Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 343 (1869).

Leptochilus linnaeanus Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich. 87, t.47, f.2 (1845).

Narcissus linnaeanus Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 40 (1912).

Pycreus linnaeanus Nees, Linnaea 9(3): 283 (1834).

33 species named AFTER Linnaeus (Linnaea …)

Linnaea adenotricha Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 144 (1900).

Linnaea amabilis (Graebn.) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 28 (2013).

Linnaea borealis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 631 (1753).

Linnaea borealis subsp. americana (J.Forbes) Hultén, Fl. Aleutian Isl. 310 (1937).

Linnaea borealis var. americana (J.Forbes) Rehder, Rhodora 6: 56 (1904).

Linnaea borealis f. angustissima Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 173, pl. 13, fig. 12 (1907).

Linnaea borealis f. candicans House

Linnaea borealis f. curticalyx Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 174 (1907).

Linnaea borealis f. insularis Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 173, pl. 13, fig. 11 (1907).

Linnaea borealis f. integerrima Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 174 (1907).

Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora (Torr.) Hultén, Fl. Aleutian Isl. 310 (1937).

Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Torr., U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. Pacific N. Amer. 17(2): [327] (1874).

Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora (Torr.) Piper & Beattie, Fl. N.W. Coast [Piper & Beattie] 338 (1915).

Linnaea borealis f. minutifolia Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 174 (1907).

Linnaea borealis f. orientalis Wittr., Acta Horti Berg. 4, no. 7: 173, pl. 173, pl. 13, fig. 7-9 (1907).

Linnaea chinensis A.Braun & Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 291 (1872).

Linnaea coriacea (Hemsl.) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 28 (2013).

Linnaea dipelta Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 28 (2013).

Linnaea elegans (Batalin) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 28 (2013).

Linnaea engleriana Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 132 (1900).

Linnaea floribunda A.Braun & Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 291 (1872).

Linnaea forrestii Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 178 (1912).

Linnaea × grandiflora (Rovelli ex André) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 29 (2013).

Linnaea grandifolia (Villarreal) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 29 (2013).

Linnaea macrotera Graebn. & Buchw. ex Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 131 (1900).

Linnaea mexicana (Villarreal) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 29 (2013).

Linnaea occidentalis (Villarreal) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 29 (2013).

Linnaea parvifolia Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 129 (1900).

Linnaea serrata Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 133 (1900).

Linnaea spathulata Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 142 (1900).

Linnaea tetrasepala (Koidz.) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 29 (2013).

Linnaea uniflora A.Braun & Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 291 (1872).

Linnaea yunnanensis (Franch.) Christenh., Phytotaxa 125(1): 30 (2013).

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