Question

Materia Medica, one of the earliest books on botanical studies was written by 

A Pliny Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Bentham and Hooker Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Dioscorides Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Carolus Linnaeus Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Pedanius Dioscorides, (born c. AD 40, Anazarbus, Cilicia—died c. 90), Greek physician and pharmacologist whose work De materia medica was the foremost classical source of modern botanical terminology and the leading pharmacological text for 16 centuries.

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