Publication of <i id="mwRg">Species Plantarum</i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, and the formal start date of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_taxonomy" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plant taxonomy">plant taxonomy</a> adopted by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Code_of_Botanical_Nomenclature" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="International Code of Botanical Nomenclature">International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</a>.