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

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

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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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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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(June 15 OS), visited the small island /#Blåkulla in the strait between & He listed the plants, so "#botanists will have a reliable These included borealis.
(NMP https://t.co/BnngLkYRM0).

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(June 13 OS), rode from Persnäs to Gaxa where Argentina anserina (silverweed/gåsört) & Senecio vulgaris (groundsel/korsört) grew on beach.; cinnabar moth (karminspinnare) caterpillars were feeding on the latter. https://t.co/c28r3KDjGe

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(May 26 OS), was shown (#Phallus impudicus; a scarce found in by a local doctor). Boys were eating sylvestris as a snack; he extolled its virtues as a plant. Then he saw (#Caprimulgus europaeus).

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Anders Dahl–died 1789, aged 38–was interested in botany from an early age & co-founded The Swedish Topographic Society in Skara. The dahlia was named after him, an honour wrongly thought to have been bestowed on him by Carl Linnaeus of whom he was a pupil.

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(May 19 OS/30 NS), stayed in (no horses) - but still listed He saw factories for (#sugarcane), cloth (#Dipsacus; & (#Nicotiana). & in gardens.

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(May 17 OS/28 NS, 1741) in Nyköping, focused on industry in (flour, paper, rolling mills; brass foundery), herbal remedies (#Rhododendron tomentosum - against and (#Oenanthe)

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(Incidentally, both Sauvages and Linnaeus appear to have been acting on a suggestion of the great English physician Thomas Sydenham, who wrote that...

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イソチドリ。
Amathina tricarinata
(Linnaeus.1767)
先日の25㎜中央は、過去最大。
鎌倉海辺。

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For we've found this beautiful hand-coloured plate of thistles. Believed to have hung on Linnaeus' wall, the plate was given to Linnaeus by Johannes Gessner c.1764 https://t.co/co8cg5Zn7V

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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, 1817 .....https://t.co/gFw4TBfuOw from Biodiversity Heritage Library........

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Merian’s work was executed with such accuracy and detail that later scientists, including Linnaeus, would use it to describe 100 species, including the tarantula.
Story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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John Miller's "Illustratio systematis sexualis Linnaeani", initially issued in 20 parts from 1770-1777 to 85 subscribers, attempted to illustrate Linnaeus' sexual system for plant classification. View the 1789 ed. in via : https://t.co/8GyHqkvyb0

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And the winner is? 🥁

Sloths!

You voted, we deliver.

L: Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). R: Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (C. hoffmanni). by J.G. Keulemans in Proceedings of the (1872) via : https://t.co/LL5IryIg2s

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