Turkey – Ankara Universitesi
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| COUNTRY | Turkey | ||
| INSTITUTION NAME | “Ankara Universitesi” | ||
| MAIN ADDRESS & CONTACT | Biology department and Botanic division (Faculty of Sciences):
Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Dögol Caddesi 06100 Tandoğan Ankara Türkiye Prof. Nur Münevver PINAR (Head of Division) Website: http://biology.science.ankara.edu.tr/en/botany/ Person in charge of the Herbarium Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture: Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture E-mail: agricul@agri.ankara.edu.tr |
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| DESCRIPTION | |||
| AREA | No information available | ||
| LATITUDE | 39.9438 | ||
| LONGITUDE | 32.8560 | ||
| INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION | |||
| STATUS | University | ||
| INSTITUTION TYPE | Botanic Garden, Genebank and herbarium | ||
| DATE FOUNDED | The Botanic Garden was founded in 1950 and the genebank was founded in 1936
Botany Division was first established as a section before 1982, and from this date it was joined as a division under the Department of Biology ANK Herbarium is the first herbarium in the Republic of Turkey. It was founded by K.Krause and H.Birand in 1933. |
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| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | Herbarium: P.Sintenis, Bornmüeller, Noë, Manissadjian, K.Krause, F.Markgraf, G.Gassner, W.Kotte, W.Gleisberg, Balls and Gourlay, H.Dingler, W.Siehe. The ANK Herbarium contains important specimens collected by P.H.Davis (The editor of Flora of Turkey), Prof.Dr. Hikmet Birand, Kadri Hikmet, Prof.Dr. Kamil Karamanoğlu (Bilger), Prof.Dr. Baki Kasaplıgil, Prof.Dr. Haydar Bağda, Prof.Dr. Rıza Çetik, Prof.Dr. Yıldırım Akman, Prof.Dr. Osman Ketenoğlu, Prof.Dr. Ender Yurdakulol, Prof.Dr. Adil Güner, Prof.Dr. Tuna Ekim, Prof.Dr. Mahmut Kılınç, Prof.Dr. Atabay Düzenli, Prof.Dr. Asuman Baytop ve Prof.Dr. Turhan Baytop, Prof.Dr. Turhan Uslu, Prof.Dr. Mecit Vural, Prof.Dr. Hayri Duman, Prof.Dr. Zeki Aytaç. | ||
| TAXA | No information available | ||
| PROGRAMMES | Botany researches diversity and structure of Plants and Fungi as well as thier identification and thier evolutionary relationships by means of morphologic and molecular aspects. Plant systematics, morphology, Anatomy, Mycology, Lichenology and Palynology are some of the main subjects of Botany. | ||
| FEATURES AND FACILITIES | Herbarium (200.000 specimens (Flowering Plant and Fern) and (15.000 Mushroom, Moss, Lichen Specimens)
Genebank (11 000 specimens) Faculty of Agriculture: 28 decares of vineyards, 35 decares of orchards, 6 decares of vegetable gardens and 5.4 decares of ornamental plants parcels. In addition, there are 622 square meters modern greenhouse and 256 square meters greenhouses for ornamental plant breeding and breeding activities |
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| MAIN DEFICIENCIES | No information available | ||
| SOURCES CONSULTED | Web:
http://biology.science.ankara.edu.tr/en/herbarium-turcicum-ank/ http://biology.science.ankara.edu.tr/en/botany/ http://www.agri.ankara.edu.tr/en/21962-2/ Documents: Botanic Gardens recorded in Turkey, CBD The National Biological Diversity and Action Plan (2007), Turkey
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