The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
(a) date of collection
(b) name of collector
(c) local names
(d) height of the plant.
(a) date of collection
(b) name of collector
(c) local names
(d) height of the plant.
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Ans: (d) height of the plant.
Sol: A herbarium is a collection of plants, which have been dried, pressed, mounted on herbarium sheets, identified and classified according to some approved system of classification. The storage of herbarium sheets forms a repository for future use. A printed label (7 × 12 cm) giving the following information is fixed on the lower, right corner of herbarium sheet:
(i) Scientific name of plant (ii) Common/vernacular name (iii) Family (iv) Locality (v) Date of collection (vi) Collection number (vii) Name of collector (viii) Plant characteristics (optional) (ix) Name of institution (optional).