Question

what are steps in herbarium plant collection​

Answer 1

Explanation:

To make a herbarium of a plant following steps are followed :

1. At first the portion of the plant which you are going to herbarium is taken . In general for a tree small twigs or leaves are taken and for herbs or shrubs the whole plant is taken .
2. Then the sample is dried under the sun for say 4-5 hours .
3. Then it has to be taken and pressed between a newspaper with a good amount of weight .
4. The newspapers have to be replaced in a time interval of 2 days .
5. Process 3 and 4 are repeated for 3 times .
6. Then the sample have to be pasted to the herbarium sheet by using glue or cellotape .
7. Then in the herbarium sheet the date of collection , name of the plant , portion of the plant all have to be mentioned .

Now you're herbarium is ready.

Answer 2

The steps of preparing herbarium are :-

1. Collection of the plant species.

2. Drying or pressing.

3. Poisoning by the addition of ethyl chloride.

4. Mounting, itching and labelling in which the dates, local names and scientific names are assigned to the preserved species.

5. Deposition by phylogenic or in India by Berman and Hooker classification.