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Philosophia botanica in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis.
Publication Details
Stockholm: Godofr. Kiesewetter, 1751 CE.
This work was "the first textbook of descriptive systematic botany and botanical Latin".[1] It also contains Linnaeus's first published description of his binomial nomenclature.
"Philosophia Botanica represents a maturing of Linnaeus's thinking on botany and its theoretical foundations, being an elaboration of ideas first published in his Fundamenta Botanica (1736) and Critica Botanica (1737), and set out in a similar way as a series of stark and uncompromising principles (aphorismen). The book also establishes a basic botanical terminology" (Wikipedia article Philosophia Botanica, accessed 3-2020).
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
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Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #11972 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14179 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | philosophia-botanica-in-qua-explicantur-fundamenta-botanica-cum-definitionibus |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Stockholm