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Published online 29 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030825-7

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250 years of Linnaeus' plant names celebrated

Labelling tussle continues on anniversary of seminal botany book.

You say tomato, I say Lycopersicon esculentum. You say potato, I say Solanum tuberosum.

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