Inside India's biggest virtual herbarium | The Hindu

In July 2022, the Government of India launched the Indian Virtual Herbarium
It is the biggest virtual database of flora in the country and has details of about one lakh plant specimens
A herbarium is a collection of plant specimens preserved, labelled and stored in an organized manner
The Indian Virtual Herbarium has been developed by scientists of the Botanical Survey of India, or BSI. Within five weeks since its launch, the portal has nearly 2 lakh hits from 55 countries
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