Linnaeus is the founder of taxonomy.
Aristotle started the whole taxonomy business, but Linnaeus took it a step further.
his last name is linnaeus
Linnaeus classified organisms based on their morphological similarity.
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus parents wanted him to become a pastor, like his father.
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Carl Linnaeus
No, taxonomy was around before Linnaeus. (Aristotle I think is credited with making taxonomy a science, but I cannot be sure.) However, Linnaeus did create the system of taxonomy upon which the current system is based (i.e. the binomial nomenclature and heirarchical classification system).
Aristotle started the whole taxonomy business, but Linnaeus took it a step further.
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The theory by Carolus Linnaeus
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taxonomy founded by Linnaeus
Carl Linne, who after enoblement was known as Carl von Linne, and eventually Latinized his name to Carl Linneaeus. His stature in science is suggested by him being the '~type specimen' of humankind.
I would say Carl Linnaeus as he made people be able to identify animals
He named it after the scientist because it was for revenge. The scientist was very critical of Linnaeus' system of classifying plants. Hope this helps you or anybody! BTW, I got this off an article we are reading in science for extra credit. The sad part is that I can't find out what the weed is and what it looks like, I am searchiong for it now but, I found this question and decided to answer it. ~ Julie