Question

The herbarium sheets carry a label providing information about

• A. botanical name
• B. date and place
• C. collector’s name
• D. all the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D all the above

Herbariums are a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets.

The herbarium sheets carry a label providing information about date and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, family, collector’s name, etc.

Herbariums serve as quick referral systems in taxonomical studies.