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Classic Greek Taxonomy (of Plants!)

Classic Greek Taxonomy (of Plants!). Wesley Thomas Josh Feger Tuesday Lab, 12:00-3:00. Greek Philosophy and Thought. Ancient Greek philosophers explored the many aspects of nature (both inner and outer) To look for understanding, they looked for ways of explaining the environment around them.

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Classic Greek Taxonomy (of Plants!)

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  1. Classic Greek Taxonomy(of Plants!) Wesley Thomas Josh Feger Tuesday Lab, 12:00-3:00

  2. Greek Philosophy and Thought • Ancient Greek philosophers explored the many aspects of nature (both inner and outer) • To look for understanding, they looked for ways of explaining the environment around them

  3. Greek Philosophy and Thought • One of the great thinkers was Hippocrates • Used plants for medicinal purposes • Aristotle wrote on many aspects of Biology, but very little on plants

  4. Hence comes . . . .

  5. The Father of Botany • Theophrastus • (372-287 B.C.) • Student of Aristotle • Wrote • De causis plantarum (The Causes of Plants) • De historia plantarum (The History of Plants)

  6. The Father of Botany • "We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life" • transl. A. G. Morton 1981

  7. The Father of Botany • Classified 500 distinct species of plants • Developed scientific terminology for internal organs and external tissues of plants • Gave the first clear account of plant sexual reproduction and pollination • Discussed the influence of abiotic habitat factors

  8. Some examples of “Doctrine of Signatures” Catalpa for the Heart

  9. Bloodroot for Circulatory System

  10. Liverleaf …..for the Liver

  11. St. John’s Wort For curing wounds and cuts…. ..but it actually works! (also anti-depressant)

  12. Achilles healing a soldier

  13. Apollo Asclepias Achilles Hygieia

  14. Hippocrates (400 B.C.) Father of Medicine

  15. “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food” - Hippocrates "Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational."

  16. Plato and Aristotle…. (about 300 B.C.) Which one is which?

  17. Aristotle (300 B.C.)

  18. Theophrastus (300 B.C.)

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