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Class is back in (in-person) session, y'all! In Week 2 of we discussed the material culture + labor of taxonomy in the 18thC, from the classification of mammals to crazy things like platypuses and from the abortifacient peacock flower to Linnaeus' sexist plants.

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2021-02-09

2021

Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758)

vern. Paper nautilus, Argonauta
pics 1, 2, 3 via sciencefriday, 4 via otchegopomogaet

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2021-01-18

In 1695, Charles Plumier, a French Franciscan monk and botanist named a plant, "Fuchsia Triphylla flore coccinea", after Leonhart Fuchs. The name was shortened by Linnaeus in Fuchsia Triphylla to fit with his binomial system. The genus Fuchsia comprises over 110 species.

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2021-01-17

Ordered (and promoted) ’s retelling of Reynard the Fox at my local bookstore Boekhandel Linnaeus. It’s a beautiful edition and I hope they’ll be smart and get a few more copies in stock. https://t.co/i80IruqNVk

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2020-11-26

Birds of the park: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds ... the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus.....by E Donovan, 1784-1819, BHL/Smithsonian https://t.co/NXd0W3WWy3

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2020-11-14

Roman goddess of Agriculture, Ceres, preside over cupids on the leaf of bejewelled 18thC fan from our collections; cosies up to Neptune (?) in 16thC print from & crowns Linnaeus in 19thC print from .

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2020-09-18

⁦⁩ and I have a long standing joke about Heather being similar to my OC Siali in horror teenager standards, so today I decided was time to draw her in the Princess Heart outfit.

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2020-08-22

This week's AG shop feature is a sticker of Linnaeus with handcuffs from our game Chess of Blades. You can find this sticker and much more merch at https://t.co/NAL9RA6mM8

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2020-08-07

Physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli was born 1723 in Cavalese (today's Trentino). He spent much of his time collecting plants and insects. He wrote many works, described Amanita Caesarea for the 1st time and corresponded with Carl Linnaeus.

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2020-06-03

Botanical illustration and the park: Thirty-eight plates, with explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the elements of botany.....by T Marten and JJ Rousseau, 1799, BHL/Uni Toronto...https://t.co/Wgy1UnsiY8

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2020-05-02

AMAZING icons of my babes Linnaeus and Zulu, by !!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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2020-03-13

LINNAEUS LEPIDOPTERA

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2020-02-10

Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth

Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth's hair is brown and somewhat messy, and has olive green eyes. She wears a calmed expression on her face, representing her permanent relaxed and lazy mood. Under her neck is a scarf of brown fur with a red bow attached.

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2020-01-27

"Stockholms Archipelago, Robert Linnaeus, 2019. From u/RMCPhoto on /r/mostbeautiful

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2019-12-31

week 316: The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named the genus, Tradescantia, in honour of a pair of English gardeners and plant collectors; the John Tradescants, father (1570-1638) and son (1608-1662). Discover more at https://t.co/jaWEaulJLr

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2019-12-15

Carl Linnaeus was a great admirer of George Edwards. He named nearly 350 birds on the basis of material provided by Edwards. But Edwards was also an important link between Linnaeus & Mark Catesby? explains via the painted bunting ➡️ https://t.co/yXkPFBdVnu

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2019-12-06

The anatomy of the eye of Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus - Ekaterina Khramova https://t.co/BomoRCrQCM

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2019-10-29

This gorgeous screenshot is from a video! They have produced a variety of beautiful videos which explore the fascinating world of Carl Linnaeus, taxonomy and whole organism biology - all with strong curriculum links. https://t.co/Yh9ccXvUvT

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2019-10-08

솔트록 엔딩난지 1년째... 드디어 둘의 종을 정확히 알게되었다(....) brown-throated three toed sloth 였던걸로..... 근데 무늬말고 얼굴 형태는 linnaeus's 로 그리긴했네 뭐 엄마가 이 종이라 섞였다고하자!<<

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2019-07-10