what do u understand by herbarium?
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Herbarium is a collection of pressed, dried and labeled plant specimens and data associated with it which is used for scientific study. The specimens are arranged by a classification scheme. These are used for plant identification. It has details of plant locations, habitat, abundance and flowering and fruiting periods. First step in preparing a herbarium specimen is field visit and collection of specimen. The specimen is then spread on blotting sheet and is placed in press for drying. The dry specimen is then mounted on the herbarium sheet. The specimen is preserved using 2% mercuric chloride fungicide. After proper labeling of it, it is finally stored.
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Herbarium, collection of dried plant specimens mounted on sheets of paper. ... The mounted plants are labeled with their proper scientific names, the name of the collector, and, usually, information about where they were collected and how they grew and general observations.
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