CAROLUS LINNAEUS

Presented By:
Abir Mahmud Arman
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Momotaz Begum
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Shamima Akter Koly
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Jannatul Ferdaus Jerin
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Department of Microbiology
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CAROLUS
LINNAEUS

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 Background :
Date of birth: May 23, 1707

Place of birth: village of Råshult in Småland,

Sweden

Date of death: January 10, 1778

Place of death: Uppsala

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Why is he important ?

Swedish botanist &

zoologist,known as:
“FATHER OF
TAXONOMY”

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In 1716-1727 Carl Linnaeus studied in a city
Växjö (Vaxjo). Carl studied very bad, especially
on the basic subjects - theology and ancient
languages. He was interested in only botany and
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mathematics.
 Lund University

 In 1727 Linnaeus passed the exams and was

accepted to the Lund University.
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In August 1728 Linnaeus was transferred in
University of Uppsala.
Copper mine in the city Falun- In 1733 Linnaeus was actively
engaged in mineralogy, wrote a textbook on the this theme.

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In June 23, 1735 he received the degree of
doctor of medicine at the University of
Harderwijk.
In 1734, for Christmas, Linnaeus met his
future wife: her name was Sara Lisa Morea.
In the spring of 1735, shortly before
departure for Europe, Linnaeus and Sarah
got engaged.(not officially) In September of
1739 held their wedding.
 All they had seven children (two boys and
five girls), of which two (boy and girl) died
in infancy.

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Medal of Linnaeus
honorary scientific
award, which is
presented annually
to an outstanding
botanist or a
zoologist.

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 CONTRIBUTIONS
The Linnaean System of Classification

In the mid 1700's, he developed a 7-Level

Classification System based on similarities between
organisms
All organisms were classified as animals or plants

Levels of linnaean system 

Kingdom : Animalia
phylum : Chordata
class : Mammalia
order : Carnivora
family :Canidae
genus :Canis 03/05/2022 10
Species :Canis lupis
PUBLICATION
S

He published “SPECIES
PLANTARUM” in 1753 upon
which he classified about
5900 species of plants.
He published “SYSTEMMA
NATURAE” in 1758 which
contains classification of
4200 species of animals.
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Linnaeus introduced Binomial
Nomenclature in 1758

In a binomial name , the first word

is called generic name or genus
name or genetic epithet & the
second word is called specific name
or species name or specific epithet.

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 Both these words are in Latin
and printed in italics and
underlined when typed or
handwritten.

The generic name begins with a

capital letter and the specific
name with a small letter.

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For example, the scientific name of man is Homo
sapiens,of which Homo is the generic name to
which the specific name sapiens belongs.

The scientific name of honey bee is Apis mellifera,of

which Apis is the generic name to which the specific
name is mellifera belongs

The name of a particular organism is scientifically same

all over the world.It is the most important advantage of
the use of binomial name (scientific name).

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A quote showing his
love for plants is:

“If a tree
dies,plant another
in its place”

CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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Thanks For Your
Attention

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