Definition of Linneean
{ Lin*næ"an, Lin*ne"an }
(l&ibreve;n*nē"an), a. Of or
pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish
botanist.
Linnæan system (Bot.), the
system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the number of
stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual
system.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally (i.e. "a Linnaean name") or in a wider sense, of the era influenced by him
- of, or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
- (recent) relating to the nomenclature Codes that have their starting point in a work by Linnaeus or are derived from such a Code. This includes the idea of a ranked taxonomy, which of course was not initiated by Linnaeus.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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