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A Flora, as a taxonomic aid, contains:

  • A Pressed and dried specimens mounted on herbarium sheets with no written description
  • B Actual information for identifying plants found in a given area
  • C An inventory of captive animal species housed in a zoological park
  • D A monograph restricted to exhaustive detail on one single genus

Correct answer: B. Actual information for identifying plants found in a given area

Explanation: A Flora provides detailed, actual information useful for identifying the plant species present in a particular geographic area.

Concept context

Biodiversity, taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, the taxonomic hierarchy, and taxonomic aids like herbaria and botanical gardens. The foundational first chapter of NCERT Biology.

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