10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of Species Plantarum.
Title page of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
Carl Linnaeus, oil painting by Alexander Roslin in 1775.
The Barbary macaque was included in the 10th edition as Simia sylvanus.
The snowy owl was included in the 10th edition as Strix scandiaca.
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné.
Carl von Linné by Alexander Roslin, 1775 (oil on canvas, Gripsholm Castle)
Birthplace at Råshult
Statue as a university student in Lund, by Ansgar Almquist
Pollination depicted in Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum (1729)