Question

Write short note on botanical garden.

Answer 1

Botanical gardens is the place of collection of living plants which are maintained for studies.

Role of botanical gardens are:

• They give on-site teaching opportunities about plants, their collection and their classification.
• They support research projects which integrate information from the diverse fields of anatomy, embryology, cytology etc.
• They serve for the conservation of rare and endangered species.
• They attract a large number of visitors for observing plant diversity.
• They provide material for botanical research.
• They also serves for preservation of herbarium specimens.
• Major botanical gardens of India include Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur; National Botanical Garden, Lucknow; National Botanical Research Institute etc.