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Multiple choice botany taxonomic aids taxonomy and systematic botany indian botanical gardens and herbarium importance of herbarium botanical gardens in india

An international code of botanical nomenclature was first proposed in the year

  1. 1930

  2. 1830

  3. 1913

  4. 1813
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A Correct answer
Explanation

ICBN, "International Code of Botanical Nomenclature”, is the collection of rules of scientific nomenclature of plants and was first proposed by Sprague, Hitchcock, Green (1930) but was accepted in 1961. During 12th International congress, Leningrade 1975, ICBN was revised. The revised form was republished in 1978. Thus, ICBN was proposed in 1930. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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Number of botanical gardens and arboreta world wide is

  1. 1800

  2. 1200

  3. 1050

  4. 850
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A Correct answer
Explanation
  • A botanical garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation and display of a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names.
  • An arboretum ( plural - arboreta ) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees.
  • Worldwide, there are now about 1800 botanical gardens and arboreta in about 150 countries.
So, the correct option is '1800'.
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Number of species growing in botanical gardens world wide is

  1. 7500

  2. 25,000

  3. 57,000

  4. 80,000
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D Correct answer
Explanation
  • A botanical garden or botanic garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation, preservation, and display of a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names or It is an establishment where plants are grown for scientific study and display to the public.
  • There are now estimated to be 1775 botanic gardens in 148 countries around the world with many more under construction.
  •  Kew Royal Gardens in London, England has the world's largest collection of living plants.
  • The number of species growing in botanical gardens worldwide is about 80,000.
  • So,the correct answer is '80,000'.
Multiple choice botany taxonomic aids taxonomy and systematic botany indian botanical gardens and herbarium importance of herbarium botanical gardens in india

Botanical gardens mainly serve the purpose of providing.

  1. Beautiful area for recreation

  2. Reservoir for tropical plants

  3. Ex situ conservation of germplasm

  4. Natural habitat for wildlife
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Botanical gardens are sufficiently large sized tracts where plants belonging to different types and localities are grown for scientific and educational purposes. Botanical gardens mainly serve the purpose of providing ex-situ conservation(conservation of selected rare plants/animals in places outside their natural homes) of endangered plant species.

Multiple choice botany taxonomic aids taxonomy and systematic botany indian botanical gardens and herbarium importance of herbarium botanical gardens in india

Study the following statements regarding significance of botanical gardens and select the incorrect one.

  1. These help in growing important plants of local flora and keeping their record

  2. These help in providing living plant material for research work

  3. These help in growing and maintaining rare and endangered plants

  4. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Botanical gardens help in
(i) Providing plant material for comparative taxonomic studies.
(ii) Functioning as acclimatisation centres for exotic plants of economic importance.
(iii) Growing and maintaining records of local flora.
(iv) Providing seeds and living materials for different research work.
(v) Growing and maintaining and endangered plants.

Multiple choice botany indian botanical gardens and herbarium importance of herbarium taxonomic aids taxonomy and systematic botany botanical gardens in india

Choose the incorrect statement regarding herbarium.

  1. Dried specimens are poisoned by using DDT

  2. The collections are kept inside metallic vasculum
  3. Herbarium sheet is $41\times 29$cm

  4. It is used for alpha taxonomic research
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Herbarium specimens are indeed poisoned to prevent fungal and insect attacks, but mercuric chloride (HgCl2) is typically used, not DDT. The other statements are standard practices for herbarium maintenance.

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Duplicate of holotype from same collection of same locality, date and same branch of plant is called

  1. Syntype

  2. Paratype

  3. Neotype

  4. Isotype
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D Correct answer
Explanation
Isotype (in plant taxonomy) A plant specimen that is a duplicate of or very similar to the type specimen and can be used as a reference specimen if the type specimen is lost. In simple language, the isotype is the duplicate of the holotype.
So the correct option is 'Isotype'.
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Find out the correct sequence of various stages in a herbarium preparation:
$(i)$ Drying. $(ii)$ Poisoning. $(iii)$ Collection. $(iv)$ Labelling. $(v)$ Mounting. $(vi)$ Deposition. $(vii)$ Stitching.

  1. $(iii)\, \rightarrow \, (i)\, \rightarrow \, (ii)\, \rightarrow \, (v)\, \rightarrow
    \, (vii)\, \rightarrow \, (iv)\, \rightarrow \, (vi)$
  2. $(iii)\, \rightarrow \, (ii)\, \rightarrow \, (i)\, \rightarrow \, (v)\, \rightarrow
    \, (vii)\, \rightarrow \, (iv)\, \rightarrow \, (vi)$
  3. $(iii)\, \rightarrow \, (i)\, \rightarrow \, (ii)\, \rightarrow \, (v)\, \rightarrow
    \, (vii)\, \rightarrow \, (vi)\, \rightarrow \, (iv)$
  4. $(iii)\, \rightarrow \, (i)\, \rightarrow \, (ii)\, \rightarrow \, (vii)\, \rightarrow
    \, (v)\, \rightarrow \, (vi)\, \rightarrow \, (v)$
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct sequence for herbarium preparation is: Collection, Drying, Poisoning, Mounting, Stitching, Labelling, and Deposition.