Images Dated 1st May 2009

Plant sex system by Linnaeus, 1807

Plant sex system by Linnaeus. This diagram, laying out the sexual classification of plants devised by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), was published in 1807 by the English botanist Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). A portrait of Linnaeus is at left. The text gives Linnaeus's name in Latin. The diagram itself is an identification key, with questions answered following a flowchart to aid identification and classification of different flowers. This, and similar work by Linnaeus, founded the modern science of taxonomy. This diagram is part of a larger work by Thornton, titled A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus (1797-1807)

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A Basket Of Fresh Caught Seafood

A basket of fresh caught seafood, including fish, lobsters, a crab, and an eel, presented on top of leaves and seaweed, Hawaaii, ca.1960s. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

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Hotel of Bahia del Duque, Playa Adeje, Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain

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