How do you prepare your own herbarium sheets? What are different tools you carry with you while, collecting plants for the preparation of a herbarium? What information should a preserved plant material on the herbarium sheet provide for taxonomic studies?
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How do you prepare your own herbarium sheets? What are different tools you carry with you while, collecting plants for the preparation of a herbarium? What information should a preserved plant material on the herbarium sheet provide for taxonomic studies?
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For the preparation of herbarium sheets, a sheet of
about 29 x 41 cm is cut from chart paper. Dried
specimens are mounted on the sheets with the help of
glue or cellotape. A label is pasted on sheets at lower
right corner of the sheet.
Tools for collection are
(i) digger
(iii) scissors
(ii) pruning knife
(iv) vasculum
(v) polythene bags
(vi) old newspapers
(vii) blotting papers (viii) plant press
(ix) field notebook
(x) magnifying glass
Information from herbarium sheets. The label of
herbarium sheets has information like scientific name
of plant, family, common and English name, local
name, collector’s name, place, time and date of
collection.