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Species names from Species Plantarum

Description

These names have been compiled from Species Plantarum by Carl Linnaeus originally published in 1753. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial names and was the starting point for the naming of plants. The book lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. The dataset provides a useful reference point to see how taxonomic names have changed since their inception. The names were transcribed by Robert W. Kiger.

Format

A data frame with 5940 rows and 3 variables:

Author(s)

Carl Linnaeus

Source

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. 2 vols. Salvius, Stockholm. [Facsimile edition, 1957-1959, Ray Society, London.]


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