Carl Linnaeus – Ecology Pioneer
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus was a the Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming system. The father of modern taxonomy and the most famous son of the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He received most of his higher education at the university. Taxonomy is the science of finding, naming and describing species.
Carl Linnaeus was born in 1707 and he was one of the most influential scientists of his time. The popular adoption of his naming system laid in its simplicity. It is still in use today.
Carl Linnaeus was not just a botanist. He was a zoologist, ecology pioneer and a physician too. His most lasting achievement though, was the creation of binomial nomenclature – using two names to classify a living organism: it’s genus and its species. For example, the name of the flower in the post picture is Doronicum cataractarum under the binomial nomenclature system.
The Doronicum cataractarum flower in the post picture was captured at the Uppsala Botanical Garden (Uppsala Botaniska Trägården) in June. Doronicum cataractarum is one of the most rare plants native Styria region of Austria. It is found in the Austrian Alps, growing at altitudes up up to 1800 m.
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Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare