linnaeanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Linnean, Linean, Linnæan, Linæan

語源

From Linnaeus +‎ -an. After Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), Swedish naturalist who helped to standardize biological nomenclature.

発音

• IPA: /lɪˈneɪ.ən/, /lɪˈniː.ən/
• 韻: -eɪən

形容詞

Linnaean (not comparable)

1. (biology) Of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally or in a wider sense, to the era influenced by him.
2. (taxonomy) Of or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
   • 2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26:

     Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.

3. Relating to the nomenclature Codes that have their starting point in a work by Linnaeus or are derived from such a Code. This includes the idea of a ranked taxonomy, which was not initiated by Linnaeus.