Carl Linnaeus
Carl von Linné; Carolus Linnaeus; Carl Nilsson Linnæus; Carolus a Linné; Carolus Linnæus; Linnaeus; Linn.; Linnæus; Carl Linnæus; Linné; Carl von Linne; Carolus a Linne; Linne; Caroli Linnæi; L.; Carl von Linnaeus
* May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778 †
geologist, professor, botanist, physician, autobiographer, biologist, mycologist, pteridologist, bryologist, zoologist, entomologist, ornithologist
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707-1778)
Collected or identified specimens in the following Families:
Families Collected 12
Families Identified 70
- Colubridae 32
- Dynastidae 20
- Dipsadidae 8
- Viperidae 5
- Esocidae 5
- Poaceae 4
- Labridae 4
- Boidae 4
- Teiidae 3
- Siluridae 3
- Muraenidae 3
- Lycaenidae 3
- Gadidae 3
- Cyprinidae 3
- Carangidae 3
- Tropiduridae 2
- Salmonidae 2
- Mugilidae 2
- Mormyridae 2
- Lacertidae 2
- Cylindrophiidae 2
- Chaetodontidae 2
- Callionymidae 2
- Callichthyidae 2
- Blenniidae 2
- Uranoscopidae 1
- Typhlopidae 1
- Triglidae 1
- Trichiuridae 1
- Tetraodontidae 1
- Testudinidae 1
- Syngnathidae 1
- Squalidae 1
- Sparidae 1
- Scorpaenidae 1
- Scincidae 1
- Schilbeidae 1
- Pipidae 1
- Peristediidae 1
- Pegasidae 1
- Papilionidae 1
- Ophidiidae 1
- Numididae 1
- Myxinidae 1
- Moronidae 1
- Monacanthidae 1
- Lotidae 1
- Loricariidae 1
- Lepisosteidae 1
- Lamprophiidae 1
- Haemulidae 1
- Gobiidae 1
- Gobiesocidae 1
- Gasterosteidae 1
- Engraulidae 1
- Elapidae 1
- Cottidae 1
- Clupeidae 1
- Cichlidae 1
- Characidae 1
- Centrarchidae 1
- Caeciliidae 1
- Berberidaceae 1
- Balistidae 1
- Atrypidae 1
- Atherinidae 1
- Aspredinidae 1
- Ammodytidae 1
- Alestidae 1
- Acipenseridae 1