Q. What do you mean by Herbaria and Museums?

A herbarium is a collection of pressed and dried plants arranged according to some valid system of classification and available for reference. All research and educational institutions related to plant species have their own specimens collected locally and also millions of gradually accumulated specimens which document the flora of one or more continents. Harbaria began early in the sixteenth century in Italy as collection of dried plants sewn on paper. Linnaeus popularised the current practice of mounting specimens on single sheets of paper and storing them in stacks. Herbaria are the permanent repositories of plant specimens and are sources of information about plant and vegetation.