Question

Herbarium is
A) A garden where the medicinal plants are grown
B) Garden where herbaceous plants are grown
C) Dry garden
D) Chemical to kills plants

Answer 1

Taxonomical aids can be defined as procedures, techniques and stored information which is helpful and classification and identification of plants and animals. Common examples of taxonomical aids include key, herbarium, botanical gardens, etc.

Complete answer:

Option A: Medicinal plants also known as medicinal herbs. They are used in traditional medicine practice. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B: Herbaceous plants are fast growing and frequently shortened to herbs. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C: The plants are collected and then pressed in an ordinary newspaper folder, avoiding overlapping. The dried specimens are glued and stitched on the herbarium sheets made up of thick card sheets cut to the required size. Therefore, this is the correct answer.
Herbarium sheets are labelled with a label which is posted on the lower right hand corner and have information about locality, habitat habit, date of collection, botanical and English name of the specimen with a serial number and name of collector and are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker's natural system of classification.
Option D: Weedicides are the chemical which is used for the killing of the weeds. Weeds are unwanted plants which grow along with crops. Therefore , this is an incorrect answer.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Dry Garden.

Note: Herbarium is the storehouse of the identified and classified plant specimens either dried, pressed and mounted on heavy card sheets are kept systematically with any system of classification.