The stinking corpse flower smells like a rotting corpse to attract carrion beetles and flesh flies, which are its pollinators. Nature is both beautiful and repulsive.
— Carl Linnaeus Early Modern

Biological taxonomy

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From his notes on plant taxonomy

Date / Period

1753

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Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13830#page/5/mode/1up

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Cross Reference

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