Who is known as the 'father of botany'?

When you have a question like this, you need a choice of "I don't know". :)

I will consider myself right because I picked Linnaeus. I was thinking of "Modern Systematic Botany"--yeah, that's it!

I pretty much never know, not with the technical questions, so I go with the WAG. I'm an electrical engineer and software engineer, no formal training in the botany area, so WAG it is. Oh, and I got it totally wrong as usual. The Linnaeus question made me think of Charlie Brown. Kudos to those who knew.

I Googled it and Theophrastus seemed to be the most common answer so that's what I voted.

I asked my daughter who earned an A studying botany in college & she didn't know. I'm clueless. A very good question. : )

Who knows these things?????

Probably botany was first practiced by root-gatherers and medicine women long before we were modern humans, but botanical taxonomy as we think of it was first instituted by Linnaeus. I admit, however, to a deep reverence for Liberty Hyde Bailey.

Even the "Father of Botany" was subservient to "Mother Nature."

It wasn't who I thought. ;)

I was just reading about this man! yeah, got one right!

Missed it! I thought it was Linnaeus, but wasn't sure since he did the systemic naming of all living things, not just plants. Never would have gotten Theophrastus though!

Congrats, momoftwo! I never even heard of the guy. I didn't vote, but I had to know the answer.

God.

Good guess, Gymgirl.

I like her answer best!

For me it was the date and the Formal name soaked in Latin endings. Am gonna have to reread the question wording. Linnaeus my ans. Lore taught mother to daughter from the dawn of fire WASN'T an offered ans tho...

I think Gymgirl got it!!!

Eden...first field study...trees, fruits...crawly things...

Just being a horticulturalist you should know
Evolution = Darwin

God is for sure the answer Gymgirl!!

Perhaps it would be prudential to note the phrasing of the question leads one to answer logically with epistemic modality rather than a doxastic modality?

I chose to rely on epistemic modality, thus Linneaus.....and I do believe that using doxastic modality the answer would have been Adam. grin

I agree with the first post . Would guess for the oldest choice available , eh you know> Things have changed and updated since then...

My1st post-knew it was Linneaus-wrong! Never heard of Theo..., I will check him out.