Species Plantarum, Sections I-III
Carolus Linnæus in hoc opere, cui titulus Species Plantarum, omnes plantas tunc rite cognitas in unum colligit atque secundum systema sexuale digerit, classes ordinesque ex numero et dispositione staminum pistillorumque constituens. Singulas species sub genera relatas exhibet, differentiis specificis distinctas, nominibus trivialibus insignitas, synonymis selectis et locis natalibus instructas. Tomus primus a classe Monandria incipit perque Diandriam, Triandriam ceterasque progreditur, fructum, ut auctor ipse fatetur, mæstæ et optimæ vitæ suæ, post longas per Lapponiam, Sueciam Europamque peregrinationes hortorumque ac herbariorum perscrutationes confectum.
Huius operis præcipuum momentum in eo situm est, quod nomenclaturam binominalem stabilit, qua unaquæque species duobus tantum vocabulis certo designatur, confusione veterum nominum arbitrariorum sublata. Linnæus enim docet omnem veram cognitionem cognitione specierum niti; hac deficiente, et historiam et commercium inter homines vacillare. Ideo hic liber fundamentum botanicæ scientiæ modernæ habetur, ordinem naturæ memoriæ subveniens, et magnalia Creatoris, quæ auctor pia mente celebrat, mortalibus æstimanda proponit.
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