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A collection of preserved plant specimens is known as a:
Herbarium
Museum
Key
Flora
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
height of the plant
date of collection
name of collector
local names
Where was the first herbarium set up?
London in Great Britain
Pisa in Italy
New York in USA
Tokyo in Japan
Largest herbarium in India is
Madras Herbarium Coimbatore (TN)
Central, National Herbarium (Indian Botanical Garden) Sibpur, Kolkata (WB)
Herbarium of National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (UP)
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (UA)
Select the incorrect statement.
In unicellular organisms growth is synonymous with reproduction
A scientific name has two words in binomial nomenclature
Herbarium contains pressed and preserved plant specimens
Botanical gardens are ‘in situ’ conservation strategies.
Largest herbarium in the world is
Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Geneva
New York Botanical Garden
Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (London)
British, Museum of Natural History
By which chemical specimen for herbaria are treated to prevent fungal attack
0.1% mercuric chloride
0.1% mercurous chloride
Carbon disulphide
Acetic acid
Select the incorrect statement.
Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.
Water is a non-polar molecule.
Water has a high specific heat capacity.
A herbarium label serves as a permanent record of a plant specimen. Which of these is NOT a core element of this record?
Scientific name of the plant
Date and place of collection
Description of the ecosystem
Name of the collector
