Explain Herbals of Brunfels?
Between the years 1530 and 1536 Otto Brunfelsius (Brunfels) (1463-1534) published his 'Herbal' which consisted of descriptions of a large number of plants, many illustrated by woodcuts. It was the beginning of modern taxonomy. This was soon followed by Leonardus Fuch's 'De Historia Striplum' (1542) and Hieronymus Dock's 'Kreuter Buch' (1539).
Fuchs was primarily a medical botanist. His idea of the flower in general is similar to that given by Theophrastus. He distinguished two kinds of flowers, the leafy and the capillary, but regarded both as being united in flowers like the rose. He arranged 'the plants in De Historia Striplum alphabetically by their Greek names, hence we find no attempt at classification made by him. Inspite of these limitations, the Historia which he produced commands admiration.