Before Linnaeus, which botanist often pruned Latin plant descriptions to two words?
AJohn Ray
BCaspar Bauhin
CJoseph Hooker
DTheophrastus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Caspar Bauhin
Caspar Bauhin shortened many Latin plant descriptions to two words, a step towards the binomial system.
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