Carl von Linné

The Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) developed the foundations of modern taxonomy; see there.

Term (from Greek taxis = order, nomos = law) for categorisation in a hierarchical system. In biology (the science of living things), living things such as animals, plants and viruses are categorised and classified hierarchically into groups (taxa) according to their natural relationship. This categorisation into a hierarchical system is traditionally associated with the classification into a certain rank, such as species (spezies), genus (genus) or family (familia). The first attempts were made in ancient times, for example by the Greek naturalist Theophrastus (370-287 BC).

Carl von Linne - Index Systema Naturae

Carl von Linné

The Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) developed the foundations of modern taxonomy and introduced the concept of species into biological systematics. In his two-volume work "Species Plantarum", published in 1753, he described all the plants known to him on 1,200 pages with around 7,300 species. Among other things, the plant genus Vitis (grapevine) was described here for the first time. Together with the work "Systema Naturæ" published in 1758, this established the scientific nomenclature still used today in botany and zoology.

However, Linne's classification system did not yet include all the categories and levels used today. However,...

Full text

Voices of our members

For me, Lexicon from wein.plus is the most comprehensive and best source of information about wine currently available.
Egon Mark
Diplom-Sommelier, Weinakademiker und Weinberater, Volders (Österreich)

Welcome back!

Carl von Linné

Taxonomy

Carl von Linné

Voices of our members

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

EVENTS NEAR YOU