Herbaria :Herbaria is a place where dried and pressed plants specimens, mounted on sheets are kept systematically according to a widely accepted system of classification. Herbarium is a repository or store house for future use.
- It provide information about the local flora as well as flora of distant area.
- It provides information about the ecology of different places. The information is useful in locating wild varieties and relatives of economically important plants.
- It serves as a quick referal system for taxonomic studies.
- Largest herbarium of the world is at kew.
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