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Herbarium


 

In Botany, a herbarium is a collection of preserved plants or plant parts, mainly in a dried form. These specimens are often used as the reference material to define a plant taxon; they contain the holotypes for these plants.

Related Topics:
Botany - Plant - Taxon - Holotype

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A herbarium can also be a building in which the specimens are stored.

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