Question

define herbarium how herbarium helps in preserving plant specimens write the significance of herbarium
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Answer 1

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A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

Answer 2

Answer:

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

Significance of herbarium :-

1. It is a source of knowledge of flora of a region or a locality or a country.

2. It is a data store in which the information of plants is available.

3. The correct identification of plants is understood by the type specimen.

4. It provides materials for taxonomists and anatomists.

5. Pollen or microspore is preserved upto nearly 200 years without undergoing any changes in morphological features.

6. It is very useful to study cytology, structure of DNA, numerical taxonomy chemo-taxonomy etc.

7. It acts as a reservoir of gene pool studies.