Editing Dioscorides (section)

{{short description|Greco-Roman physician and pharmacologist, prominent writer on plant drugs (AD c.40–90)}}
{{for|other people named Dioscorides|Dioscorides (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
 | name        = Pedanius Dioscorides
 | image       = ViennaDioscoridesAuthorPortrait.jpg
 | alt         =
 | caption     = Dioscorides receives a [[mandrake (plant)|mandrake]] root, an illumination from the 6th century ({{c.|512}}) Greek [[Juliana Anicia Codex]]
 | birth_name  =
 | birth_date  = {{Circa|40 AD}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| encyclopedia= [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]| date= September 27, 2013| title= Pedanius Dioscorides| url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pedanius-Dioscorides| via= britannica.com| access-date= July 4, 2020}}</ref>
 | birth_place = [[Anazarbus]], [[Cilicia]], [[Asia Minor]]
 | death_date  = {{Circa|90 AD}}
 | death_place =
 | nationality = 
 | other_names = Dioscurides
 | known_for   = ''[[De Materia Medica (Dioscorides)|De Materia Medica]]''
 | occupation  = Army [[physician]], [[pharmacologist]], [[botanist]]
}}

'''Pedanius Dioscorides''' ({{langx|grc|Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης}}, {{Lang|grc-Latn|Pedánios Dioskourídēs}}; {{c.}} 40–90 AD),  "the father of [[pharmacognosy]]", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of {{Lang|la|[[De materia medica]]}} (in the original {{langx|grc|Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς}}, {{Transliteration|grc|Peri hulēs iatrikēs}}, both meaning "On [[Materia medica|Medical Material]]") , a 5-volume Greek encyclopedic [[pharmacopeia]] on herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. For almost two millennia Dioscorides was regarded as the most prominent writer on plants and plant drugs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bauer Petrovska |first1=Biljana |title=Historical review of medicinal plants' usage |journal=Pharmacognosy Reviews |year=2012 |volume=6 |issue=11 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.4103/0973-7847.95849|pmid=22654398 |pmc=3358962 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Osbaldeston |first1=Tess Anne |title=De Materia Medica - Pedanius Dioscorides - |url=http://www.cancerlynx.com/dioscorides.html |access-date=11 November 2022 |date=2008}}</ref>