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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
1. What is taxonomy?
2. The development, purpose and types of herbaria
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ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
23. Rearrangement of herbarium collections according to new
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24. The dissection of floral organs and preservation of the results
25. Illustration
26. The photographic copying of herbarium sheets
27. Collectors, itineraries, maps and gazetteers
28. Check-lists
29. Introduction to computers
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COLLECTING
30. Collecting and preserving specimens
31. Collecting materials for ancillary disciplines
32 The collection of pteridophytes
33. The collection and curation of bryophytes
34. The collection and curation of Algae
35. The collection and preservation of fungi (including lichens)
36. The collection of living material
37. Collecting for a seed bank
38. Photography and fieldwork
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REFERENCES
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INDEX
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