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Nomenclature vs Linnaean - What's the difference?

nomenclature | linnaean |

As a noun nomenclature

is a name.

As an adjective Linnaean is

of, or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally (i.e. "a Linnaean name") or in a wider sense, of the era influenced by him.

nomenclature

Noun

  • (obsolete) A name.
  • A set of names or terms.
  • A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
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  • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

    Synonyms

    * terminology

    Derived terms

    * zoological nomenclature

    See also

    * taxonomy

    linnaean

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Linnean

    Adjective

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  • Of, or relating to , Swedish naturalist, either personally (i.e. "a Linnaean name") or in a wider sense, of the era influenced by him
  • Of, or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
  • (recent'') 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.
  • English eponyms