The figures of cork cells as seen by Robert Hooke were published in his book called as_______________
A
Origin of Species
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B
Plant Kingdom
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C
Genera Plantarum
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D
Micrographia
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Solution
The correct option is D Micrographia
Robert Hooke discovered cell in the year 1665. He observed cork cell in the bark of Spanish oak tree under a simple microscope and was able to see the empty structures surrounded by walls and named it a cell.
He elucidated his observation in a book called "Micrographia.
Genera Plantarum is a publication of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1701–1778).