GK
BIOLOGY
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Aristotle
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Theophrastus
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Hippocrates
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Darwin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus) (also called Enquiry into Plants), a book on plants by Theophrastus, written between c. 350 BC and c. 287 BC. Historia Plantarum (Gessner) (also called Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum), a book on plants by Conrad Gessner, written between 1555 and 1565, published in 1750.
Detailed explanation-2: -Theophrastus detected the process of germination and realized the importance of climate and soil to plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Theophrastus is called the father of botany due to his writings on plants. He wrote numerous books, one of them called Enquiry into plants. In the book, Theophrastus classified plants using several criteria such as size, uses, growth pattern, and geographical range.