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Explain the role of Botanical garden in taxonomy.

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Botanical gardens play the following important roles.

1. Gardens with aesthetic value which attract a large number of visitors. 

For example, the Great Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis) in the Indian Botanical Garden at Kolkata. 

2. Gardens have a wide range of species and supply taxonomic material for botanical research. 

3. Garden is used for self-instruction or demonstration purposes. 

4. It can integrate information of diverse fields like Anatomy, Embryology, Phytochemistry, Cytology, Physiology and Ecology. 

5. Act as a conservation centre for diversity, rare and endangered species. 

6. It offers annual list of available species and a free exchange of seeds. 

7. Botanical garden gives information about method of propagation, sale of plant material to the general public.

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