In this article we will discuss about the Survey of Botanic Gardens in India. Indian Botanic Garden: As early as 1786 Colonel Robert Kyd, a Military Engineer of the East Indian Company and a keen lover of gardening sent a proposal to the Directors of the Company in London that a Botanic Garden be established near Calcutta. The purpose of [...]
In this article we will discuss about Taxonomy which was started as “Folk Taxonomy” in earlier 15th century:- 1. History of Taxonomy 2. Phases of Taxonomy 3. Fundamental Components 4. Aims. History of Taxonomy: Plant taxonomy is one of the earliest disciplines of Botany. It was started as "Folk Taxonomy" in earlier 15th century but it has grown and gone very [...]
The below mentioned article provides short notes on Amaryllidaceae. Salient Features of Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllidaceae is a family of perennial herbs containing 59 genera and at least 800 species. The members are distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, Holarctic, Paleotropical, Neotropical, Cape and Australian. Widely distributed in neotropics, from Mexico through Central America and the West Indies. [...]