Species Plantarum
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Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Species Plantarum canonical | 14 |
| Sp. Pl. | 1 |
| Species Plantarum (1753) | 1 |
| Species Plantarum, 2nd edition | 1 |
| The Species of Plants | 1 |
| Volume I of Species Plantarum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T388249 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Species Plantarum Context triple: [Carl Linnaeus, knownFor, Species Plantarum]
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A.
Systema Naturae
Systema Naturae is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 18th-century work that established the modern hierarchical system for classifying and naming organisms.
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B.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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C.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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D.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
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E.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Species Plantarum Target entity description: Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
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A.
Systema Naturae
Systema Naturae is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 18th-century work that established the modern hierarchical system for classifying and naming organisms.
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B.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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C.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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D.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
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E.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical book
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taxonomic work ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpeciesDescribed | 5900 ⓘ |
| author | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| basisOf | modern botanical nomenclature ⓘ |
| catalogedGroup |
ferns
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flowering plants ⓘ gymnosperms ⓘ some cryptogams ⓘ |
| catalogs | known plant species of the mid-18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Sweden ⓘ |
| describes | plant species ⓘ |
| field |
botany
ⓘ
systematics ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Species Plantarum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Species Plantarum, 2nd edition
|
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Species Plantarum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sp. Pl.
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| hasAuthorRole | Carl Linnaeus as taxonomist ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOnDiscipline | systematic botany ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Species Plantarum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Volume I of Species Plantarum
Volume II of Species Plantarum ⓘ |
| hasTitleTranslation |
Species Plantarum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Species of Plants
|
| historicalSignificance |
foundation of modern plant taxonomy
ⓘ
milestone in the history of botany ⓘ |
| inceptionOf | starting point for botanical nomenclature ⓘ |
| influenced |
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
ⓘ
subsequent floras and taxonomic works ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | binomial nomenclature for plants ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
binomial nomenclature
ⓘ
plant taxonomy ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| notableFor |
providing first consistent binomial names for many species
ⓘ
standardizing plant names ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Stockholm ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Systema Naturae
ⓘ
surface form:
Systema Naturae (early editions)
|
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1753-05-01 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| publisher | Laurentii Salvii ⓘ |
| startPageCount | 1 ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 18th-century botanical knowledge ⓘ |
| usedAs | nomenclatural starting point for most plant groups ⓘ |
| usedClassificationSystem | sexual system of classification ⓘ |
| workType | taxonomic catalogue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Species Plantarum Description of subject: Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Volume I of Species Plantarum
this entity surface form:
Species Plantarum, 2nd edition
this entity surface form:
The Species of Plants
this entity surface form:
Sp. Pl.
this entity surface form:
Species Plantarum (1753)