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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. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy ". [ 4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is ...
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done ...
A Chinese book on houseplants written in 1st–3rd centuries BC mentioned a medical use of ephedra and opium poppies. [32] Also, coca leaves have been used by Indigenous South Americans since ancient times. [33] Extracts from plants containing toxic alkaloids, such as aconitine and tubocurarine, were used since antiquity for poisoning arrows. [30]
Plant-animal interactions are important pathways for the transfer of energy within ecosystems, where both advantageous and unfavorable interactions support ecosystem health. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Plant-animal interactions can take on important ecological functions and manifest in a variety of combinations of favorable and unfavorable associations, for ...
xi, 1200 + xxxi. OCLC. 186272535. Species Plantarum ( Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial names and was the starting point for the naming of plants .
Scavenger. Sarcophaga nodosa, a species of flesh fly, feeding on decaying meat. White-backed vulture ( Gyps africanus ), lappet-faced vultures ( Torgos tracheliotos) and marabou storks ( Leptoptilos crumenifer) feeding on a dead spotted hyena ( Crocuta crocuta ). Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes ...
Contents. History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent. Grand Anicut dam on river Kaveri (1st-2nd Century CE) is one of the oldest water-regulation structures in the world still in use. [ 1 ] Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE on north-west India with the early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals. [ 2 ] Indian ...
Humans are among the longest living land mammals. [ 97] Jeanne Calment, a French woman, lived to the age of 122 years, 164 days, making her the oldest fully documented human who has ever lived. She died on August 4, 1997. [ 98] Jiroemon Kimura (†116 years, 54 days), a Japanese man, died on 12 June 2013.