Linnaean system

…to the heirarchical scheme of Linnean taxonomy, which specifies somewhat arbitrary universal ranks of classification (e.g., Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order). This development has caused many biologists to abandon the Linnean system, primarily at the higher levels of classification, rather than at the genus and species levels. The validity and utility…

…system, which is called the Linnaean system of binomial nomenclature, was established in the 1750s by Carolus Linnaeus. Subsequent to the work of Linnaeus, a proliferation of binomial names took place as new species were established and higher taxonomic categories were formed, with the result that by the late 19th…

The Linnaean system for setting up divisions in biology is an ordering that was only later found to be in accord with biological evolution. In social and cultural studies, in which the significant distinctions are not of the genus and species kind, this kind of ordering…