It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.
CARL LINNAEUS
A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.
![Carl Linnaeus Quote - The species and the genus are always the work of nature [i.e. specially created]; the variety mostly that of circumstance; the class and the order are the work of nature and art.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-species-and-the-genus-are-always-the-work-of-n-683x1024.jpg)
