BioConcepts

LinneonLinneon (fr.); Linneon (ger.)

• The classification of species in an all-embracing strict morphological sense which is related to Carl von Linné.
  category species see also Jordanon

  1916

  Linneon [...] the total of individuals which resemble one another more than they do any other individuals

  Lotsy, J.P. (1916). Evolution by Means of Hybridization: 22.

  1955

  Most of the species of Linnaeus and many later taxonomists are broadly delimited; such a large species has been called a Linneon.

  Core, E.L. (1955). Plant Taxonomy: 97.

  1982

  Linnaeon Linnaean species q. v.; Linneon.

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 142.