South China National Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Guangzhou, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The South China National Botanical Garden (Chinese: 华南国家植物园) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (formerly Institute of Agriculture and Forestry) is a large botanical garden in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong province in southern China.
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| Type | Public |
| Location | Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China |
| Coordinates | 23°11′12″N 113°21′51″E |
| Area | 2,854 acres (1,155 ha) |
| Created | 1929 |
| Status | Open year round |
| Website | scib.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 华南国家植物园 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華南國家植物園 | ||||||||||
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The garden was founded in 1929 by botanist Chen Huanyong (Woon-young Chun). The garden focuses on research in ecology, systematic and evolutionary botany, plant resources, biotechnology, landscape and gardening. It covers 1155 hectares and contains 2400 plant species.
The garden is organized into several specialized collections containing:
- Alpine & Arctic plants
- Aquatic plants
- Mediterranean plants
- Tropical plants
- Desert plants
- Magnolias
- Palms
- Gingers
- Orchids
- Medicinal Herbs
- Relic plants
- Bonsai
- Landscaping Trees
- Camellias
- Bamboo
- Rhododendron
- Economical plants
- Rare and Endangered plants
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