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§193 and §246 of Philosophia botanica do not support that Linnaeus was a “typologist”

2020; Wiley; Volume: 69; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/tax.12211

1996-8175

Magnus Lidén,

Socioeconomics of Resources and Conservation

Abstract §193 and §246 of Linnaeus's Philosophia botanica have recently been invoked to suggest that Linnaeus used, or even introduced, the “Method of Type”, which implies that a genus is centred around a “typical” species. However, there is no support for this conclusion in either of the two paragraphs, rather the opposite. A recapitulation of the last twenty years’ reassessment of Linnaeus's taxonomic philosophy is given.