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Define Herbarium. Give an example.

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A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The term can also refer to the building or room where the specimens are housed, or to the scientific institute that not only stores but uses them for research

Answer 2

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It is defined as "store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets". Further, these sheets are arranged in the sequence of a universally accepted system of classification.


The sheets having different specimens along with their accurate information form a herbarium. These herbarium sheets are carefully preserved for future use.


These sheets carry a label on the right-hand side at lower corner which provides information about:

⚫Date on which the specimen was collected.

⚫Place from where the specimen was collected.

⚫English name of the specimen.

⚫Vernacular or local name of the specimen.

⚫Botanical name of the specimen.

⚫Family of the specimen.

⚫Name of the collector of that specific specimen.


Such herbaria serve as quick source of reference in taxonomical studies. It also provides information about the local flora as well as flora of distant areas. This information is also useful in locating wild varieties and relatives of economically important plants.


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⚫ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (England).

⚫ Central National Herbarium, Calcutta.