Related Questions
Which of the following information is NOT typically included on a herbarium sheet label?
Scientific name
Date of collection
Location of collection
Economic importance
A preserved specimen lacks a label indicating its origin. Which taxonomical aid would be LEAST useful in determining its geographical distribution?
Manual
Catalogue
Key
Herbarium
What size of herbarium sheet and label is recommended generally?
Which taxonomical aid provide all information about a particular taxon like order or family.
Herbarium
Catalogue
Taxonomic key
Monograph
An institution, where valuable plant material likely to become irretrievably lost in the wild or in cultivation is preserved in viable condition is known as
Genome
Gene library
Gene bank
Herbarium
What is the prime source of taxonomic studies?
Collection of actual specimens of organisms species
Identification of actual specimen of organism species
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
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
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)
A researcher is studying the biodiversity of a remote rainforest. Which combination of taxonomical aids would be MOST effective for on-site species identification and documentation?
Monograph, Key, and Preserved specimens
Flora, Catalogue, and Zoological park access
Manual, Key, and Herbarium sheets
Treatise, Monograph, and Botanical garden access
