Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types
by Charlie Jarvis
This major new work from the Linnaean Plant Name Typfication Project is a comprehensive guide to the typifications of the plant names described by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
The Swedish physician Carl Linnaeus introduced the system of binomial scientific naming for living organisms that is still in use today.
Order out of Chaos, a co-publication between the Linnean Society of London and London's Natural History Museum, brings together for the first time information on the typification of all of Linnaeus' plant names. Since 1981, hundreds of botanists around the globe have been studying names, specimens and illustrations in order to allow type specimens to be designated so that Linnaeus' names can be applied clearly and consistently worldwide.
The book provides a comprehensive catalogue listing each Linnaean name (and will include many new typifications) stating:
The book also contains detailed accounts both of Linnaeus' publications and those of other botanists that contributed to his understanding of plants. Significant plant collectors are enumerated, with examples listed of important specimens known in Linnaeus' and other herbaria.
Illustrated in both colour and monochrome, the publication of the landmark work in May 2007 will mark the tercentenary of Linnaeus' birth.
"This is a great synthesis of scholarship and critical evaluation of the work of others. A great achievement."Professor David Mabberley, University of Washington Botanic Gardens
"This magnificent volume gives a scholarly review of all Linnaean plant names and exhaustive information about Linnaeus' colleagues and predecessors, literature and collections in the field of botany."
Professor Bengt Jonsell, Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
£80 + postage & packing
For more information contact:
Victoria Smith The Linnean Society of London Burlington House Piccadilly London W1J 0BF United Kingdom T. +44 (0)20 7434 4479 E-mail victoria(at)linnean.org
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