2023-06-19 12:36:00
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Physician and botanist, Leonhart Fuchs made great contributions to botany, identifying numerous unknown species and carrying out important studies on their medicinal applications. We tell you everything about him.
Updated June 19, 2023 12:36 PM
Leonhart Fuchs: the father of modern botany
Sylvia Roig
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Leonhart Fuchs was a German physician and botanist who was noted as a pioneer in the field of herbology. His studies on different plant species managed to identify the healing properties of many of them. In addition, he was the first to describe the structure of flowers and their taxonomy, as well as to establish a classification table for different plant species. Do you want to discover much more about this incredible scientist? Then do not hesitate to play the attached video and let yourself be surprised by the figure of Leonhart Fuchs.
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