Science

Species Plantarum, Sections I-III

by Carl von Linné

The book of 1753 in which Linnaeus gave every plant he knew a two-word Latin name, and began the modern naming of plants. Each entry is brief to the point of terseness. It is still the official starting point for the names of flowering plants.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 25 min

Where to find it

The Latin Reading Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #20771. In the public domain in the United States.