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In the book 'Historia Naturalis' about 1000 medicinal plants were described, which was written by
In the book 'Historia Naturalis' about 1000 medicinal plants were described, which was written by
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The correct option is A Pliny
- Pliny the Elder introduced the first system of artificial classification. His book Historia Naturalis, mentions over 1,000 economic/ medicinal plants with about 2,000 items.
- Andrea Cesalpino was an Italian physician, philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according to their fruits and seeds rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties.
- Oswald Tippo was an American botanist. He wrote the widely used textbook "College Botany".
- Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, who is popularly known as The Father of taxonomy and became famous with his books Systema Naturae, Species Plantarum.
So the correct option is Pliny.
- Pliny the Elder introduced the first system of artificial classification. His book Historia Naturalis, mentions over 1,000 economic/ medicinal plants with about 2,000 items.
- Andrea Cesalpino was an Italian physician, philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according to their fruits and seeds rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties.
- Oswald Tippo was an American botanist. He wrote the widely used textbook "College Botany".
- Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, who is popularly known as The Father of taxonomy and became famous with his books Systema Naturae, Species Plantarum.
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