Like herbarium a botanic garden is also an important centre for study of plant taxonomy. It is, however, important from other aspects also, such as researches on other branches of pure and applied Botany and to serve as a beauty spot and pleasure garden for the enjoyment of general public. As to its scientific aspects it helps directly in the [...]
Linnaeus thought about adopting a system for naming the plants and in his Species Plant-arum adopted the binomial system, where the name of a species had two parts, the 1st being the generic name and the 2nd the specific epithet. He published 2 books, viz., Fundamental Botanical in 1736 and Critical Botanical in 1737 giving his ideas about taxonomy and [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Plant Taxonomy:- 1. History and Development of Plant Taxonomy 2. Classification of Plant Taxonomy 3. Plant Kingdom. History and Development of Plant Taxonomy: The early history of development of botanical science is nothing but a history of development of plant taxonomy. The herbalists and agriculturists of ancient times gatÂhered some knowledge about [...]