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The Paramount Role of Herbaria in Modern Taxonomic Research


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'Alpha' taxonomy practised in herbaria plays a very important role in botanical research even today as there is no sign of the exploratory phase of botany coming to an end in the near future. Herbaria could act as repositories of voucher specimens. The herbarium taxonomist should be allowed to devote at least some time to carry out revisions and monographic studies on difficult groups of plants even in those herbaria supported by public funds.
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K. Subramanyam
Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, India
C. P. Sreemadhavan
Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, India

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'Alpha' taxonomy practised in herbaria plays a very important role in botanical research even today as there is no sign of the exploratory phase of botany coming to an end in the near future. Herbaria could act as repositories of voucher specimens. The herbarium taxonomist should be allowed to devote at least some time to carry out revisions and monographic studies on difficult groups of plants even in those herbaria supported by public funds.