On the Origins of the Quinarian System of Classification

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-133

  Novick, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity; Idealism; Quinarian system; Systematics; William Sharp MacLeay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; NATURAL HISTORY;

EID: 84959574294     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: 15730387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-015-9419-2     Document Type: Article

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