Writing the Species Plantarum was one of Carolus Linnaeus' two great contributions to the Scientific community. Species Plantarum was written in 1753. The book brought order to the chaos of naming species. The other great contribution of Linnaeus was the idea of binomial nomenclature. Carolus Linnaeus Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), also known by his noble title Carl von Linné   listen?, was a Swedish naturalist who laid the foundations for binary nomenclature. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ...