"Taxonomy This is the branch of botany which deals with plant
identification nomenclature and classification. The term first
coined by French botanist A. P. de Candolle (1813). Carl Linnaeus
used the term 'Systematics' which now includes identification
nomenclature and evolutionary relationships. Herbarium Main
article: Herbarium Reference collections of plant specimens are
collected into herbarium and identified. Most plant parts are dried
pressed mounted on herbarium sheets and stored; succulents and some
other types of plants are normally kept in alcohol solution. The
sheets are standard size of 16 1â„2 × 11 1â„2 inches or
41.25 × 28.75 cm. The identified plant ideally includes all parts
including roots flowers and fruits strobili etc. One of the largest
herbaria in the world is kept at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
England and has collected an estimated 7 Million specimens.[3]"
Plant Identification
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