Economical importance of bryophytes

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF BRYOPHYTES Mosses and Bryophytes are the first organiasms to colonise rocks. They colonise rock by acidic secretion. This acidic secretion is due to the death of mosses. When the rock is decomposed it helps in soil formation. Therefore New soils are formed. The soil act as binders.  It prevent soil erosion. The water retention capacity of the soil is high ie, water holding capacity of the soil is high.  This reduces surface water run-off which prevent soil erosion. Bryophyte helps in the recycling of nutrients. ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE OF BRYOPHYTES. 1) SPHAGNUM Sphagnum has high absorptive power with antiseptic property. This can be used to replace cotton in bandages. 2) MERCHANTIA   Mercahntia cures pulmonary tuberculosisand affliction (pain) in liver. Antibiotic substances are also extracted from bryophytes. it also acts as antiseptic, and as preservative POLYTRICHUM Polytrichum dissolove stone in kidney and in gall bladder. 3) IN RESEARCH It is used in the fie

Basics of biological classification-to living world- part 1

Basics of biological classification  
    Systematics- ( Latin word systema - order or sequence) it is the study of diversity of organisms and all their comparative and evolutionary relationship based on comparative anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and ecology. 

  Classification- it deals with the study of ordering of organisms into groups. 

   Taxonomy- it is the study of naming , defining and Clalassifying groups of biological organisms based on their characters. . 

   The term systematics coined by C. Linnaeus. Generally the such as systematics, classification, and taxonomy are used interchangeable but taxonomist like  Simpson relate them to Separate fields. He regarded as the classification is the subtopic of systematics and taxonomy is the study of principles and procedures of classification. 

   Cladistics- it classify to organisms according to the historic order in which the evolutionary branches arose. It led to the emergence of new systematics or biosystematics. ( it's a concept of systematics that consider a species to be a product of evolution). 

Baaics in classification
i. Characterization and identification
ii. Nomenclature
iii. Classification

   To classify an unknown organism by comparing it with known organisms, it's done with the help of taxonomical aids. 

  Keys- a scheme for identification of plants and animals. Also refers to the set of alternate characters arranged in such a manner that helps in the identification of an organisms by selecting or eliminating the characters according to the presence or absence in the organism. This is carried out for an organisms by determining its similarities With a already known species. So, these are more useful in the identification of unknown organisms. 

Taxonomical aids( mother or help) 
     Both the laboratory and field studies are important for identification of various species, Thu s the information gathered  about the species need to be stored for future studies. The actual specimen are collected, preserve, and stored for verification if required later on. These are various techniques and procedures and stored information that are useful in ideentification and classification of organisms. 

Taxonomical aids
a . Dead 1. Plant( herbarium) 
                2.animals( museum) 
b. Living  1.plant( botanical Garden) 
                 2.animals ( zoological park) 

Some other taxonomical aids
a. Monographs- it gives the complete account of available information  of any one family or genus at a given time. 

b. Manuals- contained complete information about area covered, keys, and description families, genera and species. 

c. Publications- like periodicals and dictionaries are brought to provide information about new additions and updated informations. 

d. Flora- contain the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of  a given area, these provide the index to the plant species found in a particular area. 

d. Catalogue- contains alphabetical arrangements of species found in a particular area. 


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You can see for

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/basics-of-biological-classification-2.html( part 2 ) 

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/kingdom-classification-2-345678.html( all Kingdom Classification) 

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/main-groups-of-microorganisms.html

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-new-classification-for-cells-of-li.html( archae , bacteria and eukarya) 

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/carl-worse-classification-of-prokaryotes.html

https://biobuds.blogspot.com/2021/04/5-kingdom-classification.html ( 5 kingdom of Classification in detail) .


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