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Carl Linnaeus Collection

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1736)

Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1736)
Watercolour illustration by Georg Ehret, of Carl Linneauss sexual system for the classification of plants from Systema Naturae, published in 1736

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: see record 3688 - Helianthus annus, sunflower

see record 3688 - Helianthus annus, sunflower
Page 68 from Illustration of the Sexual System of Linneaus (1777) vol 2, by John Miller (1715-c. 1790)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Bust of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Bust of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy. In the collection at the Natural History Museum

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Cebus capucinus, white-faced capuchin

Cebus capucinus, white-faced capuchin
Plate 2 from Museum S.R.M. Adolphi Friderici, by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), c. 1754-1764

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Bust of Carl Linnaeus

Bust of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Pharmacopoea cabinet

Pharmacopoea cabinet
Frontispiece from Materia Medica, Liber 1, De Plantis by Carl Linnaeus, 1749

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Pieris rapae, small white butterflies

Pieris rapae, small white butterflies
These white butterflies are also known as cabbage whites, this is because they lay their eggs on cabbage and other cultivated crops, which their caterpillars readily destroy

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Title page from Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1758)

Title page from Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1758)
A compendium and classification of the natural world published by Carl Linnaeus. Volume 1, 10th Edition, published 1758

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Painting of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, by Magnus Hallman, c. 1780. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London. Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree

Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands (1731) by Mark Catesby, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Haplophyllum patavinum, ruta patavina

Haplophyllum patavinum, ruta patavina

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia

Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands (1731) by Mark Catesby, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Clathrus ruber, latticed stinkhorn

Clathrus ruber, latticed stinkhorn
Illustration from Nova Plantarum (1729) by Pietro Antonio Micheli, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Thelypteris reticulata, latticevein fern

Thelypteris reticulata, latticevein fern
Illustration from Description des Plantes de l Amerique (1693) by Charles Plumier, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Perilla frutescens, beef steak plant

Perilla frutescens, beef steak plant
Plate from Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Haworthia viscosa, haworthia

Haworthia viscosa, haworthia
Illustration from Prludia Botanica (1703) by Caspar Commelin, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegia

Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegia
Illustration from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678-1703) by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Magnolia grandiflora, magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora, magnolia
Illustration from Icones Animalium et Plantarum (1776-1782) by John Frederick Miller, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Passiflora laurifolia, water lemon

Passiflora laurifolia, water lemon
Illustration from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Stemmacantha uniflora

Stemmacantha uniflora
Illustration from Flora Sibirica (1747-1769) by Johann Georg Gmelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Proiphys amboinense

Proiphys amboinense
Illustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Camellia japonica L. camellia

Camellia japonica L. camellia
Type specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). From Amoenitatum exoticarum politico (1712) by Engelbert Kaempfer

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Babiana ringens, rats tail babiana

Babiana ringens, rats tail babiana
Illustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Arctopus echinatus

Arctopus echinatus
Plate from Rariorus Africanus Plantarum (1738-1739) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageCarl Linnaeus Collection: Euphorbia mammillaris, corn cob euphorbia

Euphorbia mammillaris, corn cob euphorbia
Illustration from Prludia Botanica (1703) by Caspar Commelin, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)


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