The following points highlight the eight main steps to be followed for preparing a herbarium. The steps are: 1. Rules for Herbarium Plant Collection 2. Tools and Equipment's 3. Identification and Classification Back at Home 4. Setting the Plants Up 5. Special Treatments 6. Drying Plant Specimens 7. Mounting of Specimens on Herbarium Sheets 8. Herbarium Organization. Step # 1. Rules [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Naming of Plants:- 1. Common Names 2. Scientific Names 3. Binomial Nomenclature 4. Generic Name 5. Specific Epithet. Naming of Plant # 1. Common Names: It is the name given to a plant by people in a particular area or locality. It is the vernacular name or local name. In a multilingual [...]
In this article we will discuss about the History and Rules of International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN). History of ICBN: Before the middle of the 18th century, plant names were usually polynomials i.e. made up of several words in a series. It was superseded by the binomial system, which was first applied for the plant kingdom by Linnaeus in [...]