The Evolution of the Linnaean Hierarchy

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-519

  Ereshefsky, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladism; Classification; Linnaean hierarchy; Linnaeus; Nomenclature; Species

Indexed keywords

LINNAEA; TRIXIS;

CLADISM; CLASSIFICATION; LINNAEAN HIERARCHY; LINNAEUS; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES;

EID: 0031393820     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006556627052     Document Type: Article

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