Nicolaus of Damascus (Nicolaus Damascenus; 64- to ca. 4 BCE)
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His work De Plantis was attributed to Aristotle. It was influential on Arabic plant science and materia medica. It could be called a theoretical treatise on botany. An early botanical work.
H.J.D. Lulofs & E.L.J. Poortman, eds., Nicolaus Damascenus, De Plantis: Five Translations, North Holland Publishing (Amsterdam 1989).
