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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 #BHLib via @HarvardLibrary @NYBG: https://t.co/8GyHqkvyb0
And the #UPickSciArt winner is? 🥁
Sloths!
You voted, we deliver.
L: Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). R: Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (C. hoffmanni). #SciArt by J.G. Keulemans in Proceedings of the @OfficialZSL (1872) via @NHM_Library: https://t.co/LL5IryIg2s
Carl Linnaeus was born #otd in 1707. Have you seen our Linnean Correspondence collection? https://t.co/hVGANf40XU We have digitised letters sent & received by the great man himself. To also celebrate #WorldTurtleDay, we have found this letter sent to him by Thomas Pennant.
Maria Sibylla Merian created gorgeous scientific illustrations--like this one featuring guava & a tiger butterfly. Linnaeus used her images to help inform his work, but her legacy is comparably unknown to his. Our new YA bio explores her life and art: https://t.co/cS81MmsMaf
Karl, Get Out of the Garden: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything--in such great company on the Bank Street List of Best Children's Books @charlesbridge #kidlit #Biography @BankStreetLib
Today we celebrate Botanist Elisabeth Christina von Linne (Linnaeus). She is the 1st white female botanist in Sweden & the 1st to describe the optic phenomenon of "flashing flowers", now named the Elizabeth Linnaeus Phenomenon.
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From "Description des plantes d'Amérique" by Plumier (1693) & "Species Plantarum" by #Linnaeus (1753) to date, #Passiflora laurifolia is still stirring discussions.
A new lectotype proposed in research just published with us: ttps://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.95.22324 #Botany
So pleased--I just heard from Charlesbridge that they've sold translation rights to my bio of Linnaeus--Karl, Get Out of the Garden--to a Russian publisher! Science is truly an international language, as Karl always hoped. #Charlesbridge #kidlit #nonfiction
Kitty Linnaeus wants to remind you there's not much time left on our #kickstarter! https://t.co/LsGmUIMY3F #visualnovel #yaoi #boyslove #bl
#ValentinesDay To Linnaeus the 2 halves of this shell recalled the shape of a heart. Cardium humanum #HeartShell Knight Vol 2 (1843–45).
The Favourite #Monkey of Carl #Linnaeus, 1707-78, by Gustavus Hesselius #ChineseNewYear #yearofthemonkey @uppsalauni