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Herbarium sheets are arranged according to the system of classification and should have information about

Updated On: Jun 14, 2022
  • time and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, phylum, collectors name
  • date and time of collection, English, local and botanical names, class, collectors name
  • date and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, order, collectors name
  • date and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, family, collectors name
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A herbarium is a collection of dried, pressed, mounted, identified and classified (according to approved system of classification) of plants on herbarium sheet. This taxonomic tool should have information about, data and place of collection, English, local and botanical name of the plant, family, collect for name. In addition to the above information, herbarium also have information about altitude, slope soil, habitat, use, distribution and abundance of the plant.
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The Living World

  • The living world includes a vast variety of living organisms like plants, animals, and even microorganisms that exist on the earth.
  • These organisms also differ in size, color, habitat, physiology, and morphology.
  • Biologists have developed certain rules and principles supplementary which are helpful in the identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms.
  • Such rules and principles lie in Taxonomy.
  • The taxonomic studies are very helpful and useful in specific fields like forestry, industry, agriculture, and for knowing our bio-resources.
  • All discovered living organisms are being named so that they are known by the same name throughout the world.
  • Each biological name is a collection of a generic name indicating the genus of an organism and a specific name that indicates the species.