Names of species are important for communication. Linnaeus, who was one of the first to fully realize this, created the system of binary nomenclature, bringing order to the naming of species. "Without names for things, knowledge of them is useless", Linnaeus stated.
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Dyntaxa is a taxonomic database of all multi-cellular organisms naturally occurring in Sweden. Use Dyntaxa to search for information about common names, scientific names, classification and other taxonomic information.
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The Dyntaxa service is provided by ArtDatabanken (the Swedish Species Information Centre), and has been developed within the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative and Swedish LifeWatch.