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An herbarium is a collection of dried plants or fungi used for scientific study. Herbaria are the main source of data for the field of botany called taxonomy. Plant taxonomists study the biodiversity of a particular region of the world (floristic research) or the relationships among members of a particular group of organisms (monographic research). Although a plant looks different when it is dried compared to when it is growing in nature, most of the key features needed for taxonomic studies can be found in a well-prepared
LARGEST HERBARIA IN THE WORLD | |||
Name | Location | Date Established | Number of Specimens (approximate) |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle | Paris, France | 1635 | 8,877,300 |
Royal Botanic Gardens | Kew, England | 1841 | 6,000,000 |
New York Botanical Garden | New York, New York, U.S.A. | 1891 | 6,000,000 |
Komarov Botanical Institute | St. Petersburg, Russia | 1823 | 5,770,000 |
Swedish Museum of Natural History | Stockholm, Sweden | 1739 | 5,600,000 |
The Natural History Museum | London, England | 1753 | 5,300,000 |
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques | Geneva, Switzerland | 1824 | 5,200,000 |
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