Week 1 - History of Plant Taxonomy

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Paleolithic

Plant information was passed as lore through oral stories and traditions. Classification was based on harmful, edible, medicinal, tools.

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Neolithic Revolution

Defined by plant and animal domestication. Plant knowledge increased through written records and paintings.

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Atharvaveda

Oldest existing written plant classifications

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Herbal

Summary of useful plant species in an area along with how to prepare and use them.

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Who is considered the grandfather of botany?

Theophrastus

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Two prominent excerpts from Theophrastus on botany?

Enquiry Into Plants (Historia Plantarum) & Causes of Plants.