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The largest herbarium of the world is located in

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Royal Botanical Garden, Kew
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Central National Herbarium, Sibpur
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Museum of Natural History, Paris
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Madras Herbarium, Coimbatore
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Solution

The correct option is A Royal Botanical Garden, Kew
  • Largest herbarium of the world is situated in Royal Botanical Garden. It's a 326-acre site at Kew with 40 historically important buildings; it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 3 July 2003.
  • The collections at Kew and Wakehurst Place include over 28,000 taxa of living plants, 8.3 million plant and fungal herbarium specimens, and 30,000 species in the seed bank.
So, the correct option is 'Royal Botanical Garden, Kew'.

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