Who made using Latin, binomial scientific names standard?
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a naturalist in Sweden. While he did not create the idea of using Latin binomials, he used them to identify and classify plants in his book Species Plantarum (“The Kinds of Plants). “Binomial” means two-terms or two words. After Linnaeus’ book, Latin binomial scientific names became the standard. Fun fact: Carolus Linnaeus’ name was originally Carl von Linné. He changed his name to Carolus Linnaeus because he thought Latin binomials were such a wonderful idea!
