Rangemanagement Forum
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
This was one and half day intensive exericse
exposing Range Management students to Taxonomic and Herberium field
skills. Led by their Taxonomy lecturer and LARMAT technical staff ,
students visited Rangelands of Kenya ; Lukenya, Kalama and Kibwezi
dryland farm (UoN ) on 18th and 19th October, 2013.
Students identified, collected plant sample from dicot and monocot
families. The samples were transported to Department of Land Resource
Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) Taxonomy and Herberium
laboratories
Download Pictures of the eventfor further description.Dicot families discussed were Leguminosae,
Acanthaceae,Labiatae,Verbanaceae,Compositae,Solanaceae,Bignoniaceae
Anacardiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Tiliaceae, Euphorbiaceae while the
monocots were Commelinaceae; Liliaceae, Graminae,Palmae,Musaceae
In the field, their morphological characteristics, floral formular and
fruit placentation amongst other entnobotany aspects were discussed.
Other areas of focus during the trip was studying different
ecological zones and their vegetations associated, Land use changes
and agro pastoral systems.
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