AWhat changed
Botany gained a durable common naming reference that made species claims easier to identify, compare and revise.
Scientific scope
Species Plantarum (1753) and its nomenclatural role; earlier usages, later codes, taxonomic revisions and evolutionary classification are separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is limited to the 1753 work and its nomenclatural role; earlier binomial usages and later taxonomic revisions remain separate.
Contributors
- Carl Linnaeus · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Biodiversity Heritage Library: Species plantarum (1753)
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy: International Code of Nomenclature
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