Question

Herbarium is a

• A. garden where medicinal plants are grown.
• B. garden where herbaceous plants are grown.
• C. dry garden
• D. chemical to kill plants.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. dry garden

• Herbarium is the store house of dead, dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens on paper sheets, called herbarium sheets.

• The sheets, along with description of plant specimen, are arranged according to standard system of classification, and are stored for future use.

• All sheets carry labels having information about date and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, family and collector’s name etc.

• The herbarium sheets can be used as a quick reference for taxonomic studies.