Systema Naturae

major work by Carolus Linnaeus

Systema Naturae (sometimes written Systema Naturæ) is the main work of Carl Linnaeus, where he listed and classified the known species of plants, animals, and minerals. The first edition was only made of seven sheets of folio.

Title page of the 1758 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Naturæ.[1]

References change

  1. Linnaeus, Carolus (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin) (10th ed.). Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius.