The relevance of taxonomy in our genomic era is greater than ever. Correct naming is crucial for developing new foods and medicines, and for understanding our changing environment. Amazingly, we do ...

Vol. 69, No. 1, Approaches in Examining the Existing Nomenclatural Systems Used in Biology (Jan. - Mar., 2003), pp. 59-78 (20 pages) The Linnaean system of nomenclature has been used and adapted by ...

Taxonomy is the science that attempts to categorise the many millions of species on Earth. Find out how to define taxonomy, what taxonomists do and why classifying life is so important. The definition ...

Carl Linnaeus is most famous as the father of modern taxonomy. What’s not so well known is that in his effort to manage vast amounts of data, he came up with a revolutionary invention: the index card.

Vol. 69, No. 1, Approaches in Examining the Existing Nomenclatural Systems Used in Biology (Jan. - Mar., 2003), pp. 111-120 (10 pages) Promoters of the PhyloCode have mounted an intensive and ...

A gardener friend of ours used to object to calling a plant by its Latin name. She heard it as pretense and obfuscation. But after the sage incident, she conceded that there was some point to it.

SKEPTICISM IS A VIRTUE: That’s the slogan under which Brill’s Content, the media-watchdog magazine, wages war on bias, cant, and sloppiness in the press. The magazine can be tough on journalists whom ...

Carl Linnaeus is a scientific figure rarely taught about in either history or science courses. Known as the “father of classification”, Linnaeus reformed the systems used to identify and name plants ...

"Price 1l. 12s. in boards"--Half-title. "Directions for placing the plates"--page 418, volume 4. Publisher's advertisement: last leaf of volume 4. Volume 1: xii, 402 ...