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<h2 id="the-taxonomy-of-linnaeus">The taxonomy of Linnaeus</h2> <p>In his <i>Imperium Naturae</i>, <a href="/facts/Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a> established three kingdoms, namely <i>Regnum Animale</i>, <i>Regnum Vegetabile</i> and <i>Regnum Lapideum</i>. This approach, the Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms, survives today in the popular mind, notably in the form of the parlour game question: "Is it <a href="/facts/Animal,_vegetable_or_mineral/p3mIkJ8D">animal, vegetable or mineral</a>?". The work of Linnaeus had a huge impact on science; it was indispensable as a foundation for <a href="/facts/Biological_nomenclature/UIalq4GC">biological nomenclature</a>, now regulated by the <a href="/facts/Nomenclature_codes/UIalq4GC">nomenclature codes</a>. Two of his works, the first edition of the <i><a href="/facts/Species_Plantarum/SKwpspkt">Species Plantarum</a></i> (1753) for plants and the tenth edition of the <i>Systema Naturae</i> (1758), are accepted as part of the starting points of nomenclature; his binomials (names for species) and generic names take <a href="/facts/Priority_(biology)/bfHpKEDK">priority</a> over those of others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> However, the impact he had on science was not because of the value of his taxonomy. </p><p>Linnaeus' kingdoms were in turn divided into <i><a href="/facts/Class_(biology)/a7MrgFu3">classes</a></i>, and they, in turn, into <i><a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">orders</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Genera/m8EFjSms">genera</a></i> (singular: <i>genus</i>), and <i><a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a></i> (singular: <i>species</i>), with an additional rank lower than species, though these do not precisely correspond to the use of these terms in modern taxonomy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h3>Classification of plants</h3> <p>In <i>Systema Naturae</i> (1735), his classes and orders of plants, according to his <i>Systema Sexuale</i>, were not intended to represent natural groups (as opposed to his <a href="/facts/Ordo_naturalis/tsaHtN8F"><i>ordines naturales</i></a> in his <i><a href="/facts/Philosophia_Botanica/AEufSn87">Philosophia Botanica</a></i>) but only for use in identification. However, in 1737 he published <i>Genera Plantarum</i> in which he claimed that his classification of genera was a natural system.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> His botanical classification and sexual system were used well into the nineteenth century.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Within each class were several orders. This system is based on the number and arrangement of male (<a href="/facts/Stamen/MzNPVK3D">stamens</a>) and female (<a href="/facts/Gynoecium/P5qFQMk1">pistils</a>) organs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <p>The Linnaean classes for plants, in the Sexual System, were (page numbers refer to <i>Species plantarum</i>): </p> <ul><li>Classis 1. Monandria: flowers with 1 stamen</li> <li>Classis 2. Diandria: flowers with 2 stamens</li> <li>Classis 3. Triandria: flowers with 3 stamens</li> <li>Classis 4. Tetrandria: flowers with 4 stamens</li> <li>Classis 5. Pentandria: flowers with 5 stamens</li> <li>Classis 6. Hexandria: flowers with 6 stamens <ul><li>Hexandria monogynia pp. 285–352<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>Hexandria polygynia pp. 342–343<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 7. Heptandria: flowers with 7 stamens</li> <li>Classis 8. Octandria: flowers with 8 stamens</li> <li>Classis 9. Enneandria: flowers with 9 stamens</li> <li>Classis 10. Decandria: flowers with 10 stamens</li> <li>Classis 11. Dodecandria: flowers with 11 to 19 stamens</li> <li>Classis 12. Icosandria: flowers with 20 (or more) stamens, <a href="/facts/Ovary_(plants)/Qug4yDY4">perigynous</a></li> <li>Classis 13. Polyandria: flowers with many stamens, inserted on the <a href="/facts/Receptacle_(botany)/sUVrrdwS">receptacle</a></li> <li>Classis 14. Didynamia: flowers with 4 stamens, 2 long and 2 short <ul><li>Gymnospermia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>Angiospermia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 15. Tetradynamia: flowers with 6 stamens, 4 long and 2 short<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>Classis 16. Monadelphia; flowers with the anthers separate, but the filaments united, at least at the base <ul><li>Pentandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>Decandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>Polyandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 17. Diadelphia; flowers with the stamens united in two separate groups<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> <ul><li>Hexandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li>Octandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>Decandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 18. Polyadelphia; flowers with the stamens united in several separate groups<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> <ul><li>Pentandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>Icosandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>Polyandria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 19. Syngenesia; flowers with stamens united by their anthers<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <ul><li>Polygamia aequalis<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li>Polygamia superba<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>Polygamia frustranea<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li>Polygamia necessaria<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>Monogamia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Classis 20. Gynandria; flowers with the stamens united to the pistils<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>Classis 21. Monoecia: <a href="/facts/Monoecious/Up20kQT3">monoecious</a> plants</li> <li>Classis 22. Dioecia: <a href="/facts/Dioecious/jwMHLkuM">dioecious</a> plants</li> <li>Classis 23. Polygamia: <a href="/facts/Plant_sexual_morphology/Up20kQT3">polygamodioecious</a> plants</li> <li>Classis 24. Cryptogamia: the "flowerless" plants, including <a href="/facts/Fern/e6Cngdyo">ferns</a>, <a href="/facts/Fungus/BHo5DP59">fungi</a>, <a href="/facts/Algae/U1ftVKU3">algae</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bryophyte/DWXKNQ1h">bryophytes</a></li></ul> <p>The classes based on the number of stamens were then subdivided by the number of pistils, e.g. <i>Hexandria monogynia</i> with six stamens and one pistil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> Index to genera p. 1201<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p><p>By contrast his <i>ordines naturales</i> numbered 69, from Piperitae to Vagae. </p> <h3>Classification for animals</h3> <p>Only in the Animal Kingdom is the higher taxonomy of Linnaeus still more or less recognizable and some of these names are still in use, but usually not quite for the same groups. He divided the Animal Kingdom into six classes. In the tenth edition, of 1758, these were: </p> <ul><li>Classis 1. <a href="/facts/Mammalia_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/thnHh2Qo">Mammalia</a> (mammals)</li> <li>Classis 2. <a href="/facts/Aves_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/rfJmpQcL">Aves</a> (birds)</li> <li>Classis 3. <a href="/facts/Amphibia_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/GLY66t2e">Amphibia</a> (amphibians)</li> <li>Classis 4. <a href="/facts/Pisces_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/W4yN8zSI">Pisces</a> (fishes)</li> <li>Classis 5. <a href="/facts/Insecta_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/RhwIcHpl">Insecta</a> (arthropods)</li> <li>Classis 6. <a href="/facts/Vermes_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/U2GhwkJM">Vermes</a> (worms)</li></ul> <h3>Classification for minerals</h3> <p>His taxonomy of <a href="/facts/Mineral/LkUFbNmv">minerals</a> has long since been dropped from use. In the tenth edition, 1758, of the <i>Systema Naturae</i>, the Linnaean classes were: </p> <ul><li>Classis 1. Petræ</li> <li>Classis 2. Mineræ</li> <li>Classis 3. Fossilia</li> <li>Classis 4. Vitamentra</li></ul> <h2 id="rank-based-scientific-classification">Rank-based scientific classification</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Taxonomy_(biology)/Qkg8wuyw">Taxonomy (biology)</a></p> <p>This rank-based method of classifying living organisms was originally popularized by (and much later named for) Linnaeus, although it has changed considerably since his time. The greatest innovation of Linnaeus, and still the most important aspect of this system, is the general use of <a href="/facts/Binomial_nomenclature/jgBqAhPv">binomial nomenclature</a>, the combination of a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> name and a second term, which together uniquely identify each <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of organism within a kingdom. For example, the <a href="/facts/Human/rlcTENsr">human</a> species is uniquely identified within the animal kingdom by the name <i>Homo sapiens</i>. No other species of animal can have this same <a href="/facts/Binomen/jgBqAhPv">binomen</a> (the technical term for a binomial in the case of animals). Prior to Linnaean taxonomy, animals were classified according to their mode of movement. </p><p>Linnaeus's use of binomial nomenclature was anticipated by the theory of definition used in <a href="/facts/Scholasticism/8AWMNsgV">Scholasticism</a>. Scholastic logicians and philosophers of nature defined the species human, for example, as <i>Animal rationalis</i>, where <i>animal</i> was considered a genus and <i>rationalis</i> (Latin for "rational") the characteristic distinguishing humans from all other animals. Treating <i>animal</i> as the immediate genus of the species human, horse, etc. is of little practical use to the biological taxonomist, however. Accordingly, Linnaeus's classification treats <i>animal</i> as a class including many genera (subordinated to the animal "kingdom" via intermediary classes such as "orders"), and treats <i>homo</i> as the genus of a species <i>Homo sapiens</i>, with <i>sapiens</i> (Latin for "knowing" or "understanding") playing a differentiating role analogous to that played, in the Scholastic system, by <i>rationalis</i> (the word <i>homo</i>, Latin for "human being", was used by the Scholastics to denote a species, not a genus). </p><p>A strength of Linnaean taxonomy is that it can be used to organize the different kinds of living <a href="/facts/Organism/j8JkL09u">organisms</a>, simply and practically. Every species can be given a unique (and, one hopes, stable) name, as compared with common names that are often neither unique nor consistent from place to place and language to language. This uniqueness and stability are, of course, a result of the acceptance by working <a href="/facts/Systematics/fagPXIkh">systematists</a> (biologists specializing in taxonomy), not merely of the binomial names themselves, but of the rules governing the use of these names, which are laid down in formal <a href="/facts/Nomenclature_code/UIalq4GC">nomenclature codes</a>. </p><p>Species can be placed in a <a href="/facts/Taxonomic_rank/bPFQpe9A">ranked</a> <a href="/facts/Hierarchy/mYJyqFrG">hierarchy</a>, starting with either <i><a href="/facts/Domain_(biology)/RpP6V7n6">domains</a></i> or <i>kingdoms</i>. Domains are divided into <a href="/facts/Kingdom_(biology)/QGRKbHos">kingdoms</a>. Kingdoms are divided into <i><a href="/facts/Phylum/ELT3Jyax">phyla</a></i> (singular: <i>phylum</i>) — for <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a>; the term <i>division</i>, used for <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plants</a> and <a href="/facts/Fungi/BHo5DP59">fungi</a>, is equivalent to the rank of phylum (and the current <a href="/facts/International_Code_of_Botanical_Nomenclature/EbaUF9P5">International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</a> allows the use of either term). Phyla (or divisions) are divided into <i><a href="/facts/Class_(biology)/a7MrgFu3">classes</a></i>, and they, in turn, into <i><a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">orders</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">families</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genera</a></i> (singular: <i>genus</i>), and <i><a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a></i> (singular: <i>species</i>). There are ranks below species: in zoology, <i>subspecies</i> (but see <i><a href="/facts/Form_(zoology)/phkeMfuD">form</a></i> or <i><a href="/facts/Morph_(zoology)/lf32kgfV">morph</a></i>); in botany, <i>variety</i> (varietas) and <i>form</i> (forma), etc. </p><p>Groups of organisms at any of these ranks are called <i>taxa</i> (singular: <i><a href="/facts/Taxon/caQC1e87">taxon</a></i>) or <i>taxonomic groups</i>. </p><p>The Linnaean system has proven robust and it remains the only extant working classification system at present that enjoys universal scientific acceptance. However, although the number of ranks is unlimited, in practice any classification becomes more cumbersome the more ranks are added. Among the later subdivisions that have arisen are such entities as phyla, families, and tribes, as well as any number of ranks with prefixes (superfamilies, subfamilies, etc.). The use of newer taxonomic tools such as <a href="/facts/Cladistics/JasKVABk">cladistics</a> and <a href="/facts/Phylogenetic_nomenclature/VSzWng0P">phylogenetic nomenclature</a> has led to a different way of looking at evolution (expressed in many nested <a href="/facts/Clade/XefyYmWn">clades</a>) and this sometimes leads to a desire for more ranks. An example of such complexity is the <a href="/facts/Mammal_classification/jPtLDDCo">scheme for mammals</a> proposed by McKenna and Bell. </p> <h3>Alternatives</h3> <p>Over time, understanding of the relationships between living things has changed. Linnaeus could only base his scheme on the structural similarities of the different organisms. The greatest change was the widespread acceptance of <a href="/facts/Evolution/Hj0qAaBk">evolution</a> as the mechanism of biological diversity and species formation, following the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's <i><a href="/facts/On_the_Origin_of_Species/zTMxkKVY">On the Origin of Species</a></i>. It then became generally understood that classifications ought to reflect the <a href="/facts/Phylogeny/f5vVEpeY">phylogeny</a> of organisms, their descent by evolution. This led to <a href="/facts/Evolutionary_taxonomy/Sr5jTvWb">evolutionary taxonomy</a>, where the various <a href="/facts/Extant_taxon/YK8uj7qU">extant</a> and <a href="/facts/Extinction/24p5NP2q">extinct</a> are linked together to construct a phylogeny. This is largely what is meant by the term 'Linnaean taxonomy' when used in a modern context. In <a href="/facts/Cladistics/JasKVABk">cladistics</a>, originating in the work of <a href="/facts/Willi_Hennig/HtLMfBY9">Willi Hennig</a>, 1950 onwards, each taxon is grouped so as to include the common ancestor of the group's members (and thus to avoid <a href="/facts/Phylogeny/f5vVEpeY">phylogeny</a>). Such taxa may be either <a href="/facts/Monophyly/pD8Yrrn6">monophyletic</a> (including all descendants) such as genus <i><a href="/facts/Homo/qvJtEBr2">Homo</a></i>, or <a href="/facts/Paraphyly/tmTWjACz">paraphyletic</a> (excluding some descendants), such as genus <i><a href="/facts/Australopithecus/hyfqJnsx">Australopithecus</a></i>. </p><p>Originally, Linnaeus established three kingdoms in his scheme, namely for <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">Plants</a>, <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">Animals</a> and an additional group for <a href="/facts/Minerals/LkUFbNmv">minerals</a>, which has long since been abandoned. Since then, various life forms have been moved into three new kingdoms: <a href="/facts/Monera/kBMG3Azl">Monera</a>, for <a href="/facts/Prokaryote/oYyvaDDH">prokaryotes</a> (i.e., bacteria); <a href="/facts/Protist/NYVfaGVz">Protista</a>, for protozoans and most algae; and <a href="/facts/Fungus/BHo5DP59">Fungi</a>. This five-kingdom scheme is still far from the <a href="/facts/Phylogenetics/bw4rsovt">phylogenetic</a> ideal and has largely been supplanted in modern taxonomic work by a division into three domains: <a href="/facts/Bacterium/wC8xSCsU">Bacteria</a> and <a href="/facts/Archaea/Adxh0aHw">Archaea</a>, which contain the prokaryotes, and <a href="/facts/Eukaryote/SkwyPLMA">Eukaryota</a>, comprising the remaining forms. These arrangements should not be seen as definitive. They are based on the <a href="/facts/Genome/31Sm08JT">genomes</a> of the organisms; as knowledge on this increases, classifications will change.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>Representing presumptive evolutionary relationships within the framework of Linnaean taxonomy is sometimes seen as problematic, especially given the wide acceptance of <a href="/facts/Cladistic/JasKVABk">cladistic</a> methodology and numerous <a href="/facts/Molecular_phylogenetic/FysplHP5">molecular phylogenies</a> that have challenged long-accepted classifications. Therefore, some systematists have proposed a <a href="/facts/PhyloCode/b4s4W2uT">PhyloCode</a> to replace it. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/History_of_plant_systematics/cG65y56T">History of plant systematics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Linnaean_Herbarium/pg5YnKtY">Linnaean Herbarium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phylogenetic_tree/f5vVEpeY">Phylogenetic tree</a> – a way to express insights into evolutionary relationships</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zoology_mnemonic/muljPFMB">Zoology mnemonic</a> for a list of mnemonic sentences used to help people remember the list of Linnaean ranks.</li></ul> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> Books <ul><li><a href="/facts/Patricia_Fara/tqyS1xj9">Fara, Patricia</a> (2003). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TtmhBQAAQBAJ"><i>Sex, Botany and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks</i></a>. Cambridge: Icon Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781840464443.</li> <li>Frängsmyr, Tore, ed. (1994) [1983, <a href="/facts/University_of_California_Press/r11UnrYP">University of California Press</a>]. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5kVCAQAAIAAJ"><i>Linnaeus: The Man and His Work</i></a> (revised ed.). Canton, MA, USA: Science History Publications/USA. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-88135-154-5. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/30154266">30154266</a>.(Original edition available <a href="https://archive.org/details/linnaeusmanhiswo0000unse/mode/2up">here</a> at <a href="/facts/Internet_Archive/PHStU8Lo">Internet Archive</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus, C.</a> (1753). <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669"><i>Species Plantarum</i></a>. 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Retrieved 29 October 2021.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm">International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</a> (Saint Louis Code), Electronic version</li> <li><a href="http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php">International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants</a> (Melbourne Code, 2011), Electronic version</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150801154338/http://iczn.org/">ICZN website</a>, for zoological nomenclature</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090524144249/http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp">Text of the ICZN</a>, Electronic version</li> <li><a href="http://www.zoobank.org">ZooBank: The World Register of Animal Names</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.the-icsp.org/">International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes</a> for bacteria</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090524144249/http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp">International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th Edition. 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