Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and student of Aristotle ▪ He was born in 370 BC in Eresos. ▪ Most important of his books are two large botanical treatises, Enquiry into Plants and On the Causes of Plants ▪ Also known as Father Of Botany due to his extensive writings and contribution on plants study. ▪ The greats of the Theophrastus and Aristotle Were both working diligently to discover and Characterize Plants in the 4th Century BCE. ▪ His noteable ideas Prosleptic, hypothetical syllogisms ,Modus ponens and modus tollens. ▪ He serves in field of Ethics, grammar, history, logic, metaphysics, natural history, physics and botany. ▪ His major contribution to Botany is the classification of Plants. Theophrastus Classified Plants into four Categories on the basis of their growth habits, Stem Structure and leaves. • Herbs • Shrubs • Subshrubs • Tress ▪ He divided Plants into two groups trees and herbs. Within these he further Classified Plants their Stem Structure and leaves, Such as woody herbaceous Stems and Simple compound and Lobed leaves. He also distinguish between monocotyledons and dicotyledons based on Seed leaves in the embryo . ▪ Theophrastus Classification System was one of the earliest organize and understand the vast diversity of Plant life on Earth.