BIOL 204 - Module 7 - Economic Botany Part 2 Medicinal Plants
1. Who is Theophrastus?: Founder of Systematic Botany
2. Who were Theophrastus' teachers?: Plato and Aristotle
3. What were Theophrastus' major works?: Enquiry into Plants and The Causes of Plants
4. What did Theophrastus classify?: 500 species, noting structural differences, life spans, monocots/di-
cots, growth habit
5. Who was Pliny the Elder?: Roman encyclopedist, died in eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
6. What was Pliny the Elder's major work?: Historia naturalis, 9 volumes devoted to medicinal plants
7. Who was Dioscorides?: Roman physician in Nero's army
8. What was Dioscorides' major work?: De materia medica, descriptions of 600 species of Mediter-
ranean medicinal plants
9. How long did Dioscorides' work remain authoritative?: 1500 years
10. What was the Age of Herbals?: 1470-1670, marked by hand copying of De materia medica and
advent of printing press
1. Who is Theophrastus?: Founder of Systematic Botany
2. Who were Theophrastus' teachers?: Plato and Aristotle
3. What were Theophrastus' major works?: Enquiry into Plants and The Causes of Plants
4. What did Theophrastus classify?: 500 species, noting structural differences, life spans, monocots/di-
cots, growth habit
5. Who was Pliny the Elder?: Roman encyclopedist, died in eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
6. What was Pliny the Elder's major work?: Historia naturalis, 9 volumes devoted to medicinal plants
7. Who was Dioscorides?: Roman physician in Nero's army
8. What was Dioscorides' major work?: De materia medica, descriptions of 600 species of Mediter-
ranean medicinal plants
9. How long did Dioscorides' work remain authoritative?: 1500 years
10. What was the Age of Herbals?: 1470-1670, marked by hand copying of De materia medica and
advent of printing press
