Kill or cure? Why classifying nature is essential

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Carl Linnaeus invented a system to name, or classify, nature that we still use today. Knowing what you have in your hands, especially in times when herbal medicine was prevalent, could be a matter of life or death, as Dr Sandy Knapp explains. Photo: circa 1800: Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)