Systema naturae (1735) (quoted in Ramsbottom 1938:197)
• Original in Latin: Genus omne est naturale, in primordio tale creatum, hinc pro libitu & secundem cujuscimque theoriam non proterve discindendum aut conglutinandum. Conservation biology : foundations, concepts, applications and a bit more to grow in this XML.
• Original in Latin: Genus omne est naturale, in primordio tale creatum, hinc pro libitu & secundem cujuscimque theoriam non proterve discindendum aut conglutinandum. Conservation biology : foundations, concepts, applications and a bit more to grow in this XML.
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Every genus is natural, created as such in the beginning, hence not to be rashly split up or stuck together by whim or according to anyone's theory.
— Carl Linnaeus
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Every genus is natural, created as such in the beginning, hence not to be rashly split up or stuck together by whim or according to anyone's theory." in the context of "Systema naturae (1735) (quoted in Ramsbottom 1938:197)
• Original in Latin: Genus omne est naturale, in primordio tale creatum, hinc pro libitu & secundem cujuscimque theoriam non proterve discindendum aut conglutinandum.
Conservation biology : foundations, concepts, applications and a bit more to grow in this XML." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May, 1707– 10 January, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
About Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May, 1707– 10 January, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
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