The History of Taxonomy
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Updated: 16 Feb 2021
From Aristotle to Presence of DNA Technology
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Created byKrizabelle Toledo
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"Biblioteca botanica" & "Fundamenta botanica""Historia Plantarum" or Enquiry to Plants"Naturalis Historia of Pliny""De Materia Medica" by DioscoridesGutenberg's printing press"Orto Botanico"Christopher ColumbusVasco de GamaFerdinand Magellan"Hortus siccus""De Plantis Libres XVI"John RayJoseph Pitton TournefortBartram's GardenBartram's correspondence
with Peter CollinsonFirst Edition of "Systema naturae""Genera plantarum" & "Critica botanica"Start of development of a natural systemRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences was founded"Hortus Upsaliensis""Philosophia botanica""Species plantarum""Systema naturae" 10th ed.Linnaeus' HammarbyLinnean Society of London was foundedLinnaeus' Museum"Genera plantarum"Neologism for the word "taxonomy"Theory of EvolutionThe "rule of monophyly"and the concept of "synapomorphies"Discovery of DNADevelopment of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)Periods
AristotleTheophrastusGreat NavigationsCarl Linnaeus wrote his first own book
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