DIGITAL HERBARIUM
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VIJAYAWADA, January 30, 2014ALC digitalises 60-year-old herbarium
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The Andhra Loyola College (ALC) Botany Department has acquired yet
another feather in its cap with its digital herbarium. Work is in progress
with support from the faculty, students and the management.
another feather in its cap with its digital herbarium. Work is in progress
with support from the faculty, students and the management.
Currently they have digitalised most of the 5,000 herbarium specimens
in the department and put them on its website.
in the department and put them on its website.
A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens. The specimens
are whole plants or plant parts that have been dried and mounted on a sheet.
These sheets were scanned on a computer for saving in the digital form.
are whole plants or plant parts that have been dried and mounted on a sheet.
These sheets were scanned on a computer for saving in the digital form.
Botany Department Head B. Siva Kumari talking to The Hindu said that
the ‘painstaking’ digitalisation of herbarium specimens, some of which
were as old as 60 years, was the first such endeavour by an institution
in Andhra Pradesh.
the ‘painstaking’ digitalisation of herbarium specimens, some of which
were as old as 60 years, was the first such endeavour by an institution
in Andhra Pradesh.
The herbal garden of ALC was already listed as one of the important
herbal gardens in the Indian Government website developed jointly
by ICAR, National Medicinal Plants Board and the Directorate of the
Medical Aromatic Plant Research.
herbal gardens in the Indian Government website developed jointly
by ICAR, National Medicinal Plants Board and the Directorate of the
Medical Aromatic Plant Research.
The herbarium of the Botany Department has a collection of 5,000
plant specimens comprising 800 species of Angiosperms and lower
plants representing the flora from different parts of the country.
plant specimens comprising 800 species of Angiosperms and lower
plants representing the flora from different parts of the country.
“The specimens have been correctly identified, named, positioned,
mounted and arranged according to the Benthem and Hooker system
of classification. The specimens are now available to scientists and students
of Botany, Conservative Biology, Ayurveda, Agriculture and allied disciplines.
mounted and arranged according to the Benthem and Hooker system
of classification. The specimens are now available to scientists and students
of Botany, Conservative Biology, Ayurveda, Agriculture and allied disciplines.
Specimens of most of the flora found in and around Vijayawada city are
available in the digital herbarium,” Ms. Siva Kumari said. She said that
some of herbarium specimens which were six decades old have been
digitalised so that students and research scholars could access information
about each specimen, the location it was collected, the collector’s name and
botanical name of the plant at the click of the mouse.
available in the digital herbarium,” Ms. Siva Kumari said. She said that
some of herbarium specimens which were six decades old have been
digitalised so that students and research scholars could access information
about each specimen, the location it was collected, the collector’s name and
botanical name of the plant at the click of the mouse.
The web address of the digital herbarium is
http://alcdigitalherbarium.
co.in.
AYUSH Commissioner K.P. Srivasuki the chief guest of the two-day
national conference on ‘Modern Approaches to the conservation of
medicinal plants’ inaugurated the website.
national conference on ‘Modern Approaches to the conservation of
medicinal plants’ inaugurated the website.
The herbal garden of ALC has been listed as one of the important herbal gardens in the Government website
Web address of the digital herbarium is http://alcdigitalherbarium.co.in
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