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Carl Linnaeus's work was important because he was the first person to put together a system for the naming of organisms (specifically plants).

In his "Systema Naturea" he described his concept of "Binomeal Nomenclature" where a plant (later expanded to all organisms) is classified into groups with other organisms that share characteristics (like plants with plants, and animals that have spines with animals that have spines). The Genus and Species, the most specific of all these groups, are both given to a species as it's scientific name. An example of this is "Homo Sapien" the Binomial Nomenclature for Humans, where Homo (meaning man) is the genus, which includes all manlike great apes, and Genus (meaning wise) which is only given to humans.

He also helped catalog and research many diverse plant species around the world during his travels.


'The Father of Taxonomy'

Carl Linnaeus is widely regarded in science as "the father of taxonomy."

Simply put, Mr. Linnaeus is responsible for the way we group animals and plants today.

He thought it would be a pretty neat idea to group animals and plants according to their similar features; in this way we could know how closely related these organisms are to one another.

Nowadays, however, small doubts are arising as to whether how an organism looks aesthetically is the best way to group them. So some organisms are being shifted about and reclassified by the similarities in their genomes rather than appearance.

Nevertheless, it is still Linnaeus's idea of classification that remains with us today.

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