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The roach approach: How the bugs got everywhere

Hindustan Times 12 Oct 2024
The species was first classified by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1776, and got its misleading name because Linnaeus collected his specimens in Germany, and believed they had spread from there around the world ... It had travelled west, to Europe.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: What are the national flowers of Europe?

The Daily Mail 11 Oct 2024
A national flower is a symbol of a country’s heritage, culture and ­natural beauty ... It is named after Carl Linnaeus, the ‘father of taxonomy’ (the scientific classification of living things).Norway has two national flowers ... Tomorrow's Questions. Q ... Q ... Q ... .
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Dainty flowers impressive in a cluster

Otago Daily Times 10 Oct 2024
Andromeda polifolia was named after the Greek goddess. PHOTO. ODT FILES. The delicate beauty of this wee shrub inspired Swedish naturalist and explorer Carl Linnaeus to name it after Andromeda, the beautiful Greek mythological princess ... .
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Good Natured Gardening: Put yourself to my gardening test

San Diego Union-Tribune 26 Sep 2024
You know the drill…get out a piece of paper, put your name on it…. Alright, let’s skip that part and get right into it ... Q1 ... D ... Q2 ... A ... B ... D ... Carl Linnaeus; B ... Carl Linnaeus ... Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish biologist, physician, and professor of botany and medicine.
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Are cows pickier than goats? Answers from innovative large-scale feeding experiments from 275 years ago

Phys Dot Org 19 Sep 2024
For his 18th century thesis, Carl Linnaeus collected 643 different plant species that were then fed to horses, cows, pigs, sheep and goats ... "Carl Linnaeus laid the groundwork for future scientists to analyze this area.
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Dr. Dionne Poulton Marks 10th Anniversary of Groundbreaking Book It’s Not Always Racist… but Sometimes ...

LA Weekly 18 Sep 2024
Dr ... Dr ... When I lead discussions on racial harmony, I make reference to Carl Linnaeus a Biologist, Botanist, and Zoologist (known as the modern father of taxonomy), who unfortunately in 1735 stratified the races as he did with the animal kingdoms ... Email.
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They're slow, adorable and love hanging out: Here's the Jacksonville Zoo's 2 new sloths

jacksonville.com 16 Aug 2024
Chata and other fellow Hoffman’s sloths are named after German naturalist Karl Hoffman, while Baby Ruth's Linnaeus’ family is named after Carl Linnaeus, a prominent figure in natural biology and the father of taxonomy.
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Gardening for You: Rudbeckia is the flower for summer gardens

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 31 Jul 2024
It was Carl Linnaeus, Swedish father of taxonomy’s system of binomial nomenclature, who named this flowering plant ... Linnaeus chose the name Rudbeckia because the tall, upright flowers reflected Rudbeck’s tall stature (ngb.org).
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How plant hunting has evolved over the centuries

Popular Science 16 Jul 2024
Botanists dubbed them persea americana, following the binomial nomenclature, or two-worded name, devised in the 18th century by Swedish physician and botanist, Carl Linnaeus, whose pamphlet-sized ...
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The Japanese imperial jewels we might see at the state banquet for Emperor Naruhito and Empress...

The Daily Mail 25 Jun 2024
The Imperial Regalia ... Empress Michiko of Japan wearing the Honeysuckle Tiara at the tercentenary birthday celebrations for Carl Linnaeus in Sweden, 2007 ... King Carl Gustaf of Sweden with Empress Michiko of Japan during her visit to his country in 2007 ... .
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Bits and Pieces 06.06.24

The East Hampton Star 06 Jun 2024
11, Aug ... The use of Latin as the basis for the universal system was codified in the late 1700s by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, who designed the system of using two designations -- a genus and a specific epithet -- to name every plant species.
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‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany

AOL 02 Jun 2024
... even in the way our nomenclature persists (the Latin-based binomial system of naming plants with the genus followed by the species, developed by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s, won out).
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Big or small, palms are the aristocrats of the plant kingdom. Check these beauties out

News Chief 30 May 2024
Two botanical luminaries – Carl Linnaeus and David Fairchild – never met, but both were stunned by the beauty of palms, considering them the best the plant kingdom had to offer. Linnaeus (1707-1778) ...
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How one of the world’s most successful indoor pests took over the planet

NewstalkZB 29 May 2024
Cockroaches and trade routes ... That estimate comes close to when famed Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus first described them in 1776, about a decade after the Seven Years’ War raged across Asia, Europe and North America ... Matt Bertone ... .
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Study traces cockroaches’ unexpected origins — and who helped them spread around the world

CNN 27 May 2024
That estimate comes close to when famed Swedish geneticist Carl Linnaeus first described them in 1776, about a decade after the Seven Years’ War raged across Asia, Europe and North America ...Insects are part of the fabric of human culture,” said Dr ... .
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