Special Issue 8 - The Linnaean Legacy
Special Issue 8 - The Linnaean Legacy
This 2007 special edition marks the tercentenary of Linnaeus’ birth. It features the following contributions:
Foreword David Cutler
Part 1 – Unlocking the Past
Commemoration Speech Carl-Olof Jacobson
The Keen Eye: Linnaeus – The Man Who Saw Everything Karin Berglund
Linnaeus: An 18th Century Background Marie-Christine Skuncke
What’s more important, a good story or a true story? The merging of facts and fiction at Linnaeus’ houses in Uppsala Margareta Nisser-Dalman
Making Memorials: Early Celebrations of Linnaeus Hanna Östholm
The Origin of and the Philosophy behind Linnaeus’ Sexual System Nils Uddenberg
Linnaeus’ sexual system and flowering plant phylogeny Birgitta Bremer
Science or poetry? Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden around 1900 Jenny Beckman
Apollos of Systematic Botany Pieter Baas
Part 2 – Botanical Art in the Age of Linnaeus
Linnaeus’ use of illustrations in his naming of plants Charlie Jarvis
Georg Dionysius Ehret: A Glimpse into the Golden Age of Botany Annika Erikson Browne
Botanical Art in the Age of Linnaeus Brent Elliott
Linnaeus’ Legacy: Botanical Art from the Age of Transoceanic Discovery John Edmondson
Part 3 – Today and the Future
Linné and Taxonomy in Japan: On the 300th Anniversary of his Birth His Majesty The Emperor of Japan
England’s Linnaeus Brent Elliott
Linnaeus’ Lapland Herbarium in Paris Bengt Jonsell
The conservation of iconic objects and Linnaeus’ books and wallpaper Per Cullhed
The Linnean collections at Uppsala University Roland Moberg
Linnaeus’ specimens of mammals and birds Anthea Gentry
The Linnaeus Link Project Carol Gökçe
Linnaean Landscapes – Transforming Linnaeus’ Cultural Context into a Cultural Heritage Mariette Manktelow
A Tribute to Linnaeus at the Chelsea Flower Show 2007 Ulf Nordfjell
Naming Nature: The Future of the Linnaean System Sandra Knapp
Edited by Mary J. Morris and Leonie Berwick
Special Issue No. 8 of The Linnean Newsletter and Proceedings of The Linnean Society of London
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