Question

what is meant by herbarium​

Answer 1

Answer:

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. ... The same term is often used in mycology to describe an equivalent collection of preserved fungi, otherwise known as a fungarium. A xylarium is a herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.

Answer 2

Herbarium is a store house of plants species where it is collected, pressed, dried and preserved.

• It is a quick referral system.
• The standard size of herbarium is 11.5×16.5 inches.

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.