We use a system called the 'Linnaean Taxonomic' to class organisms into groups.
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Linnaean
/lɪˈneɪ.ən/
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classical taxonomyhistorical taxonomy
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Although opposed to the Linnaean system Hill recognised its value as a means of evolving order out of chaos, and to him falls the credit of introducing it into England.
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Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.
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