Over the following centuries the Linnean collection in London suffered enormously at the hands of scientists who studied the collection, and in the process disturbed the original arrangement and labels, added specimens that did not belong to the original series and withdrew precious original type material.
Nos seguintes séculos a colección de Linné en Londres sufriu enormemente nas mans de científicos que estudaron a colección, e no proceso desfixeron a ordenación orixinal e as etiquetas, engadiron espécimes que non pertencían á serie orixinal e sacaron precioso material tipo orixinal.