Botany—the study of plant life—is an ancient science. Since Theophrastus (371–287 BC), considered the “father of botany” and author of the two seminal treatises On the History of Plants and On the Causes of Plants, this science progressed with humanity, greatly contributing to its development and advancement: food plants are the nourishment for human and livestock, fibre plants are used for tex...

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