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 | Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science) (Updated Edition) by Professor Patricia Fara Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-231-13426-6 / 0231134266 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-13426-2 / 9780231134262 Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism -- to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as his use of language resonating with erotic allu | |