Question

Father of Botany is __________.

Answer 1

Father of botany

1. Theophrastus is regarded as ‘Father of Botany’.
2. Theophrastus was one of the early Greek Botanist who contributed and studied a lot about plants.
3. One of his books called “Enquiry into Plants” classified the plants based on their geographical ranges, sizes, uses and growth patterns.
4. He also explained the economics of plants in his work called “On the Causes of Plants” .
5. Theophrastus divided plants into the four categories like herbs, undershrubs, shrubs and trees.
6. His other contributions includes :

• Dicotyledons and monocotyledons have fundamental distinctions.
• The distinction between centripetal and centrifugal inflorescences.
• Difference between a superior and inferior ovary, and so on.

Final Answer : Father of botany is Theophrastus.