Who is Charles Darwin from The Botany of Desire and what is their importance?

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) was an English naturalist and scientific philosopher. The text provides virtually no biographical data on Darwin, but as a major theme utilizes scientific theories attributed, often incorrectly, to Darwin. Contrary to popular opinion, Darwin did not suggest evolution; he did, in fact, suggest natural selection as the motive force driving evolution. The text cursorily examines evolution, co-evolution, natural selection, artificial selection, sexual selection and gene drift—all theories generally associated with Darwinism.