Question

what is botanical museum ? how does it help in taxonomic studies ? and also explain how are keys useful in studying taxonomy.​

Answer 1

What is not Botanical museum!?

• Botanical Museums are primarily for popularization of Botanical Sciences. ... This is why museums are defined internationally as centres of research, education and exhibition. In the majority of the museums, objects of art and history along with curios have taken the major share if not whole of the museum space.

How does it help in taxonomic studies!?

• Biological museums are found in schools and colleges; like the biology laboratory that we find in our schools. In these museums, plants and animal species are preserved in jars and containers with the help of appropriate preservatives. They may also be dried and preserved. Birds and larger animals are usually stuffed before preserving and insects are killed and pinned in the boxes. We sometimes find skeletons of various animals too.

Answer 2

Botanical museum:

Biological museums are set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges. Museums have collections of preserved plants and animal specimens for study and reference.

• Specimens are preserved in the container or jars in a preservative solution.
• Plant and animal specimens may also be preserved as dry specimens.
• Insects are preserved in insect boxes, after collecting, killing and pinning.
• Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed preserved.
• Museums often have collection of skeletons of animals too.

Keys are helpful in studying in taxonomy as:

• Keys help in correct identification and knowing the habitats of plants.
• Keys are Index to the plant species in a given area.
• Flora provides information about distribution of plants in a given area. Monographs contains information on any one taxon.