A Handbook Of Field And Herbarium Methods

Herbarium. Botanic garden. Botanical collection. Herbarium methods. Taxonomic literature. Phytography (description of plants). Botanical keys, their use and construction. Botanical nomenclature and type concept. Planning, preparation and publication of scientific papers. Abreviations. Centres of Taxonomic work in India.

The standard reference for all botanists, herbarium managers and technicians involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections. Many figures and text illustrations.

The book describes the detail procedure about preparation of Herbarium sheet. The book describes the actual procedure of plant collection, its preservation to dryness and its framing to a standard size sheet. Introduction of this book will help students of bachelors and masters degree level to learn the actual procedure concerning to the framing of a Herbarium sheet. The book entitles “Herbarium Technique” with a tag line of “Evolution from conventional to digitization” is a shelf explanatory, indicating the book was framed keeping in mind the changes that has taken place since the concept of preserving dry specimens was introduced.