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 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 [...]
Here is the list of top six botanical gardens of India:- 1. Indian Botanical Garden 2. National Botanic Garden 3. Lloyd Botanic Garden 4. Lalbagh Garden or Mysore State Botanical Garden 5. Botanical Garden 6. Garden of Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Garden # 1. Indian Botanical Garden: It is largest and oldest botanical garden of India. It is situated at [...]