Abu Hanifa ad-Dinawari (828-896): founder of Arabic botany. He - TopicsExpress



          

Abu Hanifa ad-Dinawari (828-896): founder of Arabic botany. He was born in the region of Dinawar, halfway between Hamadan and Kermanshah in modern-day western Iran Al-Dinawari is considered the founder of Arabic botany for his Kitab al-Nabat (Book of Plants), which consisted of six volumes. Only the third and fifth volumes have survived, though the sixth volume has partly been reconstructed based on citations from later works. In the surviving portions of his works, 637 plants are described from the letters sin to ya. He also discusses plant evolution from its birth to its death, describing the phases of plant growth and the production of flowers and fruit
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:04:36 +0000

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