Multiple choice

Who was the father of botany?

  1. Carolus Linnaeus

  2. Aristotle

  3. Gregor Mendel

  4. Theophrastus
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Explanation

Theophrastus (c. 371-287 BC), a student of Aristotle, is considered the father of botany for his pioneering work 'Historia Plantarum' which systematically described plants. Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy, not botany specifically. Mendel is the father of genetics for his work on inheritance in pea plants.

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