Abstract
continuing taxonomic revision of Indian marine algal flora, which is part of the mandate of the Institute. The herbarium specimens are being received and accession number given to each collection that is deposited there. It has been proposed to barcode all specimens for databasing and easy accessibility and wider dissemination of information. The herbarium located at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, which is now part of this new facility, is indexed in the Handbook on Herbaria in India and Neighbouring Countries 6 and also registered in Index Herbariorum 7 . This is the only herbarium housing exclusively marine algal collections. Besides having a role in authentication and reference for describing new species, herbaria play a critical role in studies pertaining to climate change, ethanobotany, ecology, DNA bar coding, etc. Recognizing the National Facility for Marine Algal Reference Herbarium is critical at this juncture. The herbarium is planning capacity-building programmes in the near future for students and researchers and to also undertake complete digitization of its collection for database and
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