Carl Linnaeus — "The stinking corpse flower smells like a rotting corpse to attract carrion beetl…"

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 — Carl Linnaeus Early Modern · Biological taxonomy

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From his notes on plant taxonomy

Date: 1753

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