In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| Back in the 18th century Linnaeus ("The Father of Botany") introduced
| both the binomial naming scheme which is the root of the modern
| International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), and an artificial
| (i.e. not based on relationships) classification based on the numbers of
| stamens and pistils. He also produced an outline of a natural (one based
| on relationships, as far as he could deduce) classification

Which was and is quite incredible, being largely valid today.

Do you have a citation for Linnaeus' natural classification? - If I
recall correctly all I've seen was a sketch in Lindley's "Vegetable
Kingdom". Adanson's "Familles des Plants" and Jussieu's "Genera
Plantarum" do have a fairly modern aspect, so I'd guess that Linnaeus'
work would be similar, but I haven't seen it in any detail.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley