What is the role of Herbarium in modern taxonomy? Explain.
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Herbarium is used for identification of plants.
Specimen along with description on herbarium sheet constitutes a storehouse or repository of knowledge for future reference and research work in the field of plants. Herbarium gives necessary information and plant specimen for better understanding.
Study of plant is not interesting and easy w hen studied by diagrams, photographs and description but herbarium makes it interesting and learning oriented.