Kalmar "Linnean" tana nufin masanin halitta na Sweden Carl Linnaeus ko tsarinsa na haraji, wanda shine hanyar rarraba rayayyun halittu bisa ga halayensu. Tsarin Linnaean, wanda kuma aka sani da tsarin nomenclature na binomial, ya sanya sunan kimiyya na musamman ga kowane nau'in, wanda ya ƙunshi sassa biyu: jinsi da nau'in. Hakanan ana iya amfani da kalmar "Linnean" don bayyana duk wani abu da ya shafi Linnaeus ko aikinsa, kamar al'ummar Linnean ko tarin Linnean.