Explain briefly about 5 herbariums in india
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Important Indian Herbaria:
1. Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun:
The botany branch, one of the first to be created today comprises of three sections, viz., systematic botany, wood anatomy and plant physiology. day maintains a botanical garden, an arboretum, having one of the richest live collections of both indigenous and exotic tree species, and a bambusetum, containing germ plasm of forty species of indigenous and exotic bamboos.
All this provides a rich source of material for research, teaching and training.
Systematic Botany and Herbarium:
This section has been largely responsible for the collection and identification of a large portion of the floristic diversity of the Indian subcontinent. Started by Gamble (1890), the herbarium of the FRI has grown to become one of the largest of its kind in Asia.
It today houses 3,25,000 authenticated plant specimens, including 1300 type specimens, as well as a carpological collection. Some of the notable publications of the division, based primarily upon the herbarium collection, are ‘Manual of Indian Forest Botany’ ‘World Monograph on the genus Toona’, ‘Forest Flora of Punjab’, Kumaon, Chakrata, Andamans, Orchids of north-western India and food from Forests.
2. Herbarium of the Indian Botanic Gardens, Calcutta:
Foundation, 1787; Status, directed by the State of West Bengal, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Forests; Number of specimens, more than one million Herbarium. World-wide, mainly phanerogams and ferns of India and neighbouring countries of South and South East Asia.
In addition to these there are some authentic collections of Cryptogams, Associated Botanic Gardens: Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling.
3. Herbarium of the National Botanic Gardens, Lucknow:
Foundation, 1948; in 1953 taken over by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, Government of India. Status, C.S.I.R., Govt. of India. Number of specimens, about half million. The garden has been established by C.S.I.R., as a Central Garden for India.
4. Madras Herbarium, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore:
Status, Department of Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu. Foundation, 1874. Number of specimens, about half million, Herbarium, world-wide, mainly Phanerogams. Important collections, collections of the flora of Madras. Associated Botanic garden. Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Coimbatore.
5. Herbarium of the Division of Botany, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, (I.A.R.I.), New Delhi:
Status, maintained by Government of India. Number of specimens about 10,000. Herbarium, North India, introduced plants of economic value, wild relatives of crop plants and associated botanic garden.
1. Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun:
The botany branch, one of the first to be created today comprises of three sections, viz., systematic botany, wood anatomy and plant physiology. day maintains a botanical garden, an arboretum, having one of the richest live collections of both indigenous and exotic tree species, and a bambusetum, containing germ plasm of forty species of indigenous and exotic bamboos.
All this provides a rich source of material for research, teaching and training.
Systematic Botany and Herbarium:
This section has been largely responsible for the collection and identification of a large portion of the floristic diversity of the Indian subcontinent. Started by Gamble (1890), the herbarium of the FRI has grown to become one of the largest of its kind in Asia.
It today houses 3,25,000 authenticated plant specimens, including 1300 type specimens, as well as a carpological collection. Some of the notable publications of the division, based primarily upon the herbarium collection, are ‘Manual of Indian Forest Botany’ ‘World Monograph on the genus Toona’, ‘Forest Flora of Punjab’, Kumaon, Chakrata, Andamans, Orchids of north-western India and food from Forests.
2. Herbarium of the Indian Botanic Gardens, Calcutta:
Foundation, 1787; Status, directed by the State of West Bengal, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Forests; Number of specimens, more than one million Herbarium. World-wide, mainly phanerogams and ferns of India and neighbouring countries of South and South East Asia.
In addition to these there are some authentic collections of Cryptogams, Associated Botanic Gardens: Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling.
3. Herbarium of the National Botanic Gardens, Lucknow:
Foundation, 1948; in 1953 taken over by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, Government of India. Status, C.S.I.R., Govt. of India. Number of specimens, about half million. The garden has been established by C.S.I.R., as a Central Garden for India.
4. Madras Herbarium, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore:
Status, Department of Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu. Foundation, 1874. Number of specimens, about half million, Herbarium, world-wide, mainly Phanerogams. Important collections, collections of the flora of Madras. Associated Botanic garden. Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Coimbatore.
5. Herbarium of the Division of Botany, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, (I.A.R.I.), New Delhi:
Status, maintained by Government of India. Number of specimens about 10,000. Herbarium, North India, introduced plants of economic value, wild relatives of crop plants and associated botanic garden.
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Explain briefly about 5 herbariums in india
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida; Van Dusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, Canada The National Botanic Garden of Wales. The botanical gardens. St. Louis Botanical Garden.
- More than 30,000 herbarium specimens from the Botanical Survey of India are preserved in several herbaria spread across the nation.
- medicinal plant herbaria. These herbaria contain specimens of plants with therapeutic value or medicinal qualities.
- Weed herbaria. These herbaria contain weeds from wastelands and cultivated areas.
- Herbaria in your area. Herbaria, as the name suggests, of a specific area or location.
- The oldest and biggest herbaria in India are both located in the Central National Herbarium (CAL), sometimes referred to as CNH or the Calcutta Herbarium.
- History. Ethelbert Blatter, SJ, a Jesuit priest and taxonomist, founded the Herbarium. Father Henry Santapau, SJ, his associate and the director of the Herbarium, christened it in his honour in 1941.
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