MODULE 1 Flashcards
Greek word for Botany
Botane
What does “Botane” mean?
plant/ grass
one of the oldest surviving medical record made by the Egyptians
Ebers Papyrus
he studied the “nature” of plants
Aristotle
1st man to became familiar with wide range of biological facts
Aristotle
he is a student of Aristotle
Theophrastus
Real name of Theophrastus
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Honhenheim
he is the father of botany
Theophrastus
he wrote the HISTORY OF PLANTS
Theophrastus
He is the father of Botanical Illustrations
Crateuas
Made the first illustrated herbals and oldest treaties on Pharmacology
Crateuas
Real name of Pliny the Elder
Calus Plinius Secundus
He wrote the NATURAL HISTORY
Pliny the Elder
First to use the word “stamen”
Pliny the Elder
Studied the medicinal values of plants
Pedanios Dioscorides
He wrote the De Materia Medica
Pedanios Dioscorides
Description of medicinal properties of about 600 plant species
De Materia Medica
Description of the biological, medicinal, and agricultural aspects of plants
Natural history
chief botanical books containing descriptions and drawing/ wood-cut illustrations of plants
herbals
German Fathers of Botany
Heironymous Bock,
Leonhard Fuchs,
and Otto Brunfels
He began the transition from medieval, the modern scientific botany thru his books and his own system of classifying plants
Heironymous Bock
he wrote the PLANT BOOK
Heironymous Bock
Classification of about 700 plant by arranging it by their relation or resemblance
Plant Book
he wrote the NOTABLE COMMENTARIES ON THE HISTORY OF PLANTS
Leonhard Fuchs
Description of 497 plants and illustrated over 500 superb woodcuts based on first-hand observation
Leonhard Fuchs
he wrote the LIFE-LIKE IMAGES IN IMITATION OF NATURE
Otto Brunfels
collection of original, detailed and realistic representation of plants.
Herbarium of Life-like Images in Imitation of Nature
he wrote the PHYTOPINAX
Gaspard Bauhin
description and classification of plants by drawing comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linneaus
Phytopinax
Description and classification of about 6000 plant species using traditional grouping
Illustrated Exposition of Plants