Linnaean sexual system of plants

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The Linnaean sexual system of plants is an 18th-century botanical classification method developed by Carl Linnaeus that groups plants based on the number and arrangement of their reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).

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instanceOf historical scientific classification ⓘ
plant classification system ⓘ
taxonomic system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Linnaean sexual system ⓘ
sexual system of Linnaeus ⓘ
appliesTo flowering plants ⓘ
associatedWith Linnaean taxonomy ⓘ
basedOn arrangement of pistils ⓘ
arrangement of stamens ⓘ
number of pistils ⓘ
number of stamens ⓘ
classDefinitionBasedOn number of stamens ⓘ
classificationLevel artificial system ⓘ
classificationType artificial classification ⓘ
componentOf Linnaean system of classification ⓘ
linked to: Linnaean taxonomy
criterion reproductive organs of plants ⓘ
criticizedFor being artificial ⓘ
grouping unrelated plants together ⓘ
developer Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
emphasizes sexual characteristics of flowers ⓘ
field botany ⓘ
plant taxonomy ⓘ
focusesOn floral morphology ⓘ
geographicOrigin Sweden ⓘ
hasConceptualBasisIn plant sexuality ⓘ
hasNumberOfClasses 24 ⓘ
historicalImportance foundation of early modern plant taxonomy ⓘ
historicalRole standard reference for 18th-century botanists ⓘ
ignores overall morphological relationships among plants ⓘ
influenced later natural classification systems of plants ⓘ
inspiredDebateIn botanical classification theory ⓘ
introducedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
introducedInWork Species Plantarum ⓘ
Systema Naturae ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
orderDefinitionBasedOn number of pistils ⓘ
organizesInto classes ⓘ
genera ⓘ
orders ⓘ
species ⓘ
originalLanguageContext Latin ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
replacedBy natural systems of plant classification ⓘ
phylogenetic classification systems ⓘ
status largely obsolete ⓘ
stillUsedFor historical study of botany ⓘ
teaching basic plant morphology ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
usedIn 18th-century botanical literature ⓘ

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The Loves of the Plants → usesClassificationSystem → Linnaean sexual system of plants ⓘ
Genera Plantarum → associatedWith → Linnaean sexual system of classification ⓘ
linked to: Linnaean sexual system of plants
Linnaean sexual system of plants → alsoKnownAs → Linnaean sexual system ⓘ
linked to: Linnaean sexual system of plants