Name the following
First Botanical garden was established by
Important Questions on Classification of Living Organisms
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| (a) | Herbarium | (i) | It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals. |
| (b) | Key | (ii) | A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description adding identification. |
| (c) | Museum | (iii) | Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept. |
| (d) | Catalog | (iv) | A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in the identification of various taxa. |
Assertion : Herbariums are plant repositories which are used as reference specimens. Recently these are digitalized for global use.
Reason Herbarium helps in the classification of plants and gives complete description about the taxonomy.
The correct answer is:
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| a. | Museum | (i) | Information on one taxon |
| b. | Herbaria | (ii) | Couplet |
| c. | Botanical gardens | (iii) | Arranged-on universally accepted classification system |
| d. | Taxonomic key | (iv) | Educational institutes |
| (v) | Records of local flora for monographic work |
Which of the following statement(s) about taxonomical aids is/are true?
I. Keys are used to identify plants and animals based on similarities and dissimilarities.
II. Flora contains the account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area.
III. Flora provides an index to the plant species found in a particular area.
IV. Monographs provide information for identifying the species found in an area.
Saint Albertus Magnus wrote the botanical work _____ (De vegetabilis/De animalia) which dealt with medicinal plants.
Fill in the blank with the words given in the bracket.
A _____ (taxonomy/systematics/population/ecology) is an organisation of more than one individual living at a particular place and interbreeding can happen among the members.
Find the correct sequence at various steps of herbarium technique
a. Drying;
b. Poisoning;
c. Collection;
d. Labelling;
e. Mounting;
f. Deposition;
g. Stitching
