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taxonomy: The Linnaean system

Key People

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Elman Rogers Service

American anthropologist

Carolus Linnaeus

Carolus Linnaeus

Swedish botanist

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Pedanius Dioscorides

Greek physician

Adanson, Michel

Michel Adanson

French botanist

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Johann Bayer

German astronomer