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Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.
Lamia: Linnaeus wrote merely: "Face of a man, breasts of a virgin, body of a four-footed animal [but] scaled, forefeet of a "wild animal", hind[feet] [like those] of cattle". Siren : Linnaeus wrote: " Art. gen. 81 Syrene Bartol : As long as it is not seen either living or dead, nor faithfully and perfectly described, it is called in doubt".
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English: Paradoxa (mythical animals, cryptids) from Carolus Linnaeus - Systema Naturae, 1735. Scan from Van Uffelen, Gerda: Het overzicht van alles: een groots idee (in Dutch), pp 124-135 in: (in dutch) (2022) Boeken die geschiedenis schreven, Amsterdam: Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep ISBN: 9789025314798.
By this method, body diagrams can be derived by pasting organs into one of the "plain" body images shown below. This method requires a graphics editor that can handle transparent images, in order to avoid white squares around the organs when pasting onto the body image.
The latter publication originates from Linnaeus's studies in Småland, preserved today at Växjö Town Library. The symbol is made up of a stylized tree. The original is a drawing by Linnaeus from his book of herbs and plants. The symbol conveys both the connection to the name and the roots in soil of the Småland region of southern Sweden.
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