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NATIONAL HERBARIA
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LOCAL HERBARIA
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GENERAL HERBARIA
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SPECIAL HERBARIA
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Detailed explanation-1: -These materials may include pressed and mounted plants, seeds, dry fruits, wood sections, pollen, microscope slides, silica-stored materials, frozen DNA extractions, and fluid-preserved flowers or fruits; all are generally referred to as herbarium specimens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The largest herbarium of the world is located in Royal Botanical Graden, Kew.
Detailed explanation-3: -An herbarium is a collection of preserved plant or fungal specimens. Many herbaria were established throughout Europe in the 1600s during the age of exploration. Botanical gardens could no longer keep living collections of all the known species, and thus preserving and storing specimens became common practice.
Detailed explanation-4: -Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York, USA) Komarov Botanical Institute (St. Royal Bonanic Gardens (Kew, England, UK) Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve (Geneva, Switzerland) More items •18-Mar-2013