{"id":14784,"date":"2026-04-03T12:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ortobotanico1545.it\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=14784"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:28:49","slug":"the-love-life-of-plants-from-linnaeus-to-the-present-day","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ortobotanico1545.it\/en\/eventi\/the-love-life-of-plants-from-linnaeus-to-the-present-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Love Life of Plants, from Linnaeus to the Present Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>FRIDAY, 1 MAY \u2013 10 AM<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Scientific popularisation meeting<br \/>\n<\/em>With Isabelle Charmantier, Barbara Baldan and Elena Canadelli<br \/>\n<em>Free | Subject to booking<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the mid-18th century, Swedish physician and botanist <strong>Carl Linnaeus <\/strong>(1707-1778), known as the father of modern taxonomy, put forward the theory of the sexual reproduction of plants. This idea, often illustrated through explicit analogies with human sexuality, drew considerable criticism and accusations, to the point of placing Linnaeus\u2019s career at risk. 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