Systema Naturae
Classification founding text
Systema Naturae is the foundational work of biological taxonomy, published by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus beginning in 1735.
The Latin title means "System of Nature." This work established the binomial nomenclature still used today—the two-part Latin names for species like *Homo sapiens*.
Linnaeus organized all known plants, animals, and minerals into hierarchical classifications of kingdom, class, order, genus, and species: The tenth edition of Systema Naturae remains the starting point for zoological nomenclature.
Monarch's ruled territory
- phylumMajor classification rank
- classGrouping by shared traits
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- familyRelated people together
genus · species · domain · rank · binomial · division · subdivision · grouping
Pollen-bearing flower organs
- pistilsFemale flower organs
- flowering plantsSeed-bearing plants with blooms
- herbariumPreserved plant specimen archive
- floraPlants of a region
- type specimensOrganisms defining species names
- eighteenth centuryYears 1701-1800
Twelfth zodiac sign
- animal classificationSorting creatures into groups
- vertebratesAnimals with internal skeletons
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
- Homo sapiensScientific name for humans
Formal species designations
- synonymySameness of meaning
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
typification · nomenclatural code · Latinization · standardization
kingdom
Monarch's ruled territory
family · genus · species · domain · rank · binomial · division · subdivision · grouping · superfamily
stamens
Pollen-bearing flower organs
- pistilsFemale flower organs
- flowering plantsSeed-bearing plants with blooms
- herbariumPreserved plant specimen archive
Carl Linnaeus
- type specimensOrganisms defining species names
- eighteenth centuryYears 1701-1800
Pisces
Twelfth zodiac sign
- animal classificationSorting creatures into groups
- vertebratesAnimals with internal skeletons
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
Homo sapiens · quadrupeds · cetaceans · animal kingdom · fauna
Latin names
Formal species designations
- synonymySameness of meaning
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
description · typification · nomenclatural code · Latinization · standardization
- Science Booksscience textbooks, Gray's Anatomy, Chaos, biology textbook, biology textbooks
- Biology TextsThe Double Helix, Darwin, Watson
- botany historyCarl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, herbarium, herbaria, botanical gardens
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum
- early biologyAristotle, Linnaeus, Lamarck, taxonomy, common descent
- Linnaeus works
Systema Naturaechaos theory
Study of sensitive dependence
nominalism · animism · flux
natural, nature, system, supernatural, systematic, naturalist, unsystematic, systematize, naturalize