Question

herberia serves as quick referral system in taxonomical studies list any 4 points of information that a herbarium sheet may provide

Answer 1

Answer:

   Herbarium is a place where plants collected from far and wide preserved and -pressed in dried condition. They are kept in pigeon holes of almirahs according to any accepted system of classification.

1.  The word ‘Herbarium’ was originally applied not to collection of plants but to a book dealing with medicinal herbs .
2. It is an invaluable conservatory of plant material and data.
3. It is storehouses of collection including the valuable type specimens. The herbaria greatly aid in all kinds of taxonomic researches.
4. Serves as a fundamental resource for identification of all plants of the world.
5. It aids in biodiversity monitoring by carrying out security of herbarium collection to obtain quantitative baseline data on the distribution and abundance of keystone species is essential for all monitoring programmes.
6. It helps in development of computer data base on plants and maintains active links to international network of systematic resources and electronic base.