page_title: Carl Linnaeus the Younger
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Linnaeus the Younger
context_page_description: Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger or Carl von Linné d. y. was a Swedish naturalist. He is known as Linnaeus filius to distinguish him from his famous father, the systematist Carl Linnaeus.
context_section_description: Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger or Carl von Linné d. y. (20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist. He is known as Linnaeus filius (Latin for Linnaeus the son; abbrevied to L.f. as a botanical authority) to distinguish him from his famous father, the systematist Carl Linnaeus (1707–78).
caption: Portrait by Jonas Forsslund
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