what is herbarium? and name the important herbaria.
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A herbarium is a collection of plants, which have been dried, pressed, mounted on herbarium sheets, identified and classified according to some approved system of classification. The succulent plants are usually preserved as such in some suitable preservative, such as 4% forma-line solution or F.A.A
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The hebarium is an arranged dried plants collection.
Herbarium- a collection of preserved plants
- Stored
- Labelled and
- Organized symmetrically
It helps to collect information about the plants.
Specimens of herbarium consist of
- Whole plant or
- Parts: leaves, stem, bark, flowers or fruits
Some herbarium also contains
- Algae
- Mosses
- Lichens
- Fungi
- Microscopic slides
- Seeds
- Wood sections
- DNA extraction
Important herbaria:
- Royal botanic gardens, Kew is the most important herbaria in the world.
- The Central National Herbarium Howrah is the most important herbaria in India.
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