Notes on Plant Taxonomy:- 1. Objectives of Plant Taxonomy 2. Principles of Plant Taxonomy 3. Classification 4. Identification. Objectives of Plant Taxonomy: The first object of plant taxonomy is to identify all the kinds of plants on earth with their names, distinctions, distribution, habit, characteristics and affinities. It also tries to correlate the studies with scientific data contributed by various [...]
The below mentioned article provides an overview on Botanical Survey of India (BSI):- 1. Introduction to Botanical Survey of India 2. History of Botanical Survey of India 3. Reorganisation 4. Objectives 5. Activities 6. Organization 7. Publications 8. Records 9. Bulletins. Contents: Introduction to Botanical Survey of India History of Botanical Survey of India Reorganisation of Botanical Survey of India [...]
The famous Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew started as the private garden of Sir Henry Capel, an enthusiastic horticulturist who died in 1696. It was in about 1759 that the Dowager Princess of Wales, the Princess Augusta Saxe - Gotha, started to develop here a royal botanic garden. The early lay-out and the development of the garden was controlled for [...]