Question

What are taxonomical aids? Give the importance of herbaria and museums.

Answer 1

taxonamic aids:it helps in the study of plants and animals and is used in agriculture,forestry,industry etc.

Answer 2

Taxonomical aids are the samples or collection of samples of preserved organisms that help in the research of taxonomic hierarchy. The examples are herbarium, monograph, museum, zoological parks, flora, etc.

Herbarium is a store that houses plant species or specimens and other related data for study. The herbarium sheets contain all the information related to the hierarchy of plant species.

In museums, the animals or plant species or specimens are preserved in containers with the help of preservatives. So, they help in understanding how plant and animals appeared or appear now.