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Article: Dioscorea
Publication: Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke plantennamen: namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië...
Subject ID: 20023
| Subject Name: | Dioscorides, Pedanios |
|---|---|
| Article Title: | Dioscorea |
| Publication Primary Author: | Backer, C. A. |
| Publication Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | L. J. Veen |
| Publisher City: | Amsterdam |
| Call Number: | L15 B126v000 |
| Notes: | Pedacius, or Pedanius, surnamed Dioscorides; born 50 A.D. in Anazarba nr. N.E. region of Mediterranean Sea; Greek physician; traversed several countries with the Roman armies; performed many bot. observations. He wrote a book which was very famous till in the Middle Ages: "Peri hulês iatrikês logoi hex" (Six books on medicines). Dioscorea L. was named for him. |