Herbarium collections are often housed in botanical gardens, arboretums, natural history museums, and universities. The largest herbaria, many of which are in Europe, contain several million specimens, some of which date back hundreds of years. Herbaria are the “dictionaries” of the plant kingdom and provide comparative material that is indispensable for studies in plant taxonomy and systematics. Given that nearly every plant species has a dried “type specimen” on which its ... A herbarium is a collection of dried and labeled plant specimens that is used for biodiversity, ecological, and evolutionary research. Learn about the history, purpose, and methods of herbarium specimen creation and access at Duke University. The Blatter Herbarium located in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, is one of the major Herbaria in India. It is listed in the Index Herbariorum, published by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and New York Botanical Garden. About Herbarium The Herbaria (ARUN, ASSAM, BSA, BSD, BSHC, BSI, BSID, BSIS, BSJO, CAL, MH and PBL) of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) are one of the main attractions for the botanical research program throughout the world and houses approximately 3 million specimens, collected from all around the world. Type specimens are one of the important collections and these are our primary botanical collections. These collections have been consulted by researchers throughout the world either by ...
