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Peer reviewedStevens, Peter F. – Bioscience, 1997
Describes differing concepts of nature held by systematists from 1789-1859, connections between these concepts, and how they saw relationships among groups and made classifications. Discusses what these systematists intended their classifications to represent and how these intentions relate to classifications used by twentieth-century biologists.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Classification, Intellectual History
