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Question
7. Which 16th-century Italian botanist developed the principles of systematic botanical classification?
Correct Answer
Option B is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603) was an Italian physician and botanist who pioneered early methodical plant classification based on fruit and seed structures in his work De Plantis.
Hint
16th-century Italian botanist who classified plants using floral and fruit structures.