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== Common names and the binomial system == The form of scientific names for organisms, called [[binomial nomenclature]], is superficially similar to the noun-adjective form of [[vernacular]] names or common names which were used by non-modern cultures. A collective name such as ''owl'' was made more precise by the addition of an adjective such as ''screech''.<ref>Stearn 1959, p. 6, 9.</ref> [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] himself published a [[flora]] of his homeland Sweden, ''[[Flora Svecica]]'' (1745), and in this, he recorded the Swedish common names, region by region, as well as the scientific names. The Swedish common names were all binomials (e.g. plant no. 84 RΓ₯g-losta and plant no. 85 Ren-losta); the vernacular binomial system thus preceded his scientific binomial system.<ref>Stearn 1959, pp. 9β10.</ref> Linnaean authority [[William T. Stearn]] said: {{blockquote|By the introduction of his binomial system of nomenclature, Linnaeus gave plants and animals an essentially Latin nomenclature like vernacular nomenclature in style but linked to published, and hence relatively stable and verifiable, scientific concepts and thus suitable for international use.<ref>Stearn 1959, p. 10.</ref>}}
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