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    Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and botanist born in 371 BCE on the island of Lesbos. He was a student of Plato and Aristotle and succeeded Aristotle as the head of the Lyceum school of philosophy. Theophrastus is considered the "Father of Botany" as he was the first to perform a systematic study of plants, classifying them into trees, shrubs, undershrubs, and herbs based on their habitat. He wrote two major works on botany, the Historia Plantarum and De Causis Plantarum, in which he described over 550 species of plants and discussed their medicinal uses, representing the earliest scientific study of plants.

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    Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and botanist born in 371 BCE on the island of Lesbos. He was a student of Plato and Aristotle and succeeded Aristotle as the head of the Lyceum school of philosophy. Theophrastus is considered the "Father of Botany" as he was the first to perform a systematic study of plants, classifying them into trees, shrubs, undershrubs, and herbs based on their habitat. He wrote two major works on botany, the Historia Plantarum and De Causis Plantarum, in which he described over 550 species of plants and discussed their medicinal uses, representing the earliest scientific study of plants.

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    Theophrastus

    "FATHER OF BOTANY"

    MAMANGUN, MARIANNE FRANCESCA D. 3A


    Theophrastus (371–287 BCE)

    Peripatetic philosopher
    Born in Eresos on the island of Lesbos
    Original name was Tyrtamus
    theo- "divine" & phrazein- "to speak"

    Teachers:

    Alcippus- not known


    Plato
    Aristotle
    PLANTS THRIVE IN "FAVORABLE
    PLACES"

    FIRST SYSTEMIC CLASSIFICATION AND


    EXPLANATION OF PLANTS AND THEIR USES

    4 CLASSIFICATIONS OF PLANTS BASED ON


    HABITAT
    TREES
    SHRUBS
    SUBSHRUBS
    HERBS
    HISTORIA PLANTARUM
    Enquiry into Plants
    written between 350-287 BCE
    Aimed to gather, Identify, classify plants
    10 volumes, but only 9 survived
    Unfinished
    Over 550 species of plants
    In book 9, he presented different medicinal uses of plants

    DE CAUSIS PLANTARUM
    On the Causes of Plants
    Plant physiology
    8 books, but only 6 survived.
    References:

    Lerodiakonou, K., Theophrastus. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 Edition)/
    Edward N. Zalta (ed.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2020/entries/theophrastus/

    Carolan, J., Lynn, D., McElwain, J., et.al. (2011). Theophrastus (371 - 287 BC). The Trinity College
    of Dublin. https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/origins/theophrastus.php

    Valauskas, E.J. (2012). Theophrastus and the beginnings of modern botany in the Renaissance.
    Chicago Botanic Garden. https://www.chicagobotanic.org/library/stories/theophrastus

    Wulf A. (2016). The Unsung Hero of Western Science. The Atlantic.


    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/the-man-who-invented-botany/485780/

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