TURKEY 3
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Turkey
INSTITUTION NAME Ege Universitesi (Aegean University Botanical Garden & Herbarium Research and Application Center)
MAIN ADDRESS Ege Universitesi (Aegean University Botanical Garden & Herbarium Research and Application Center); Fen Fakültesi; Bornova-Izmir; 35100 (Turkey)

Tel: 232 3884000/2825
Fax: 232 3739049

Web: www.sci.ege.edu.tr/~botanik/bahce.html

Email:serdar.gokhan.senol@ege.edu.tr
DESCRIPTION
AREA Total Area Under Glass: 1300 metres
LATITUDE 38,47
LONGITUDE 27,22
ALTITUDE 10, 00 m
PRECIPITATION 640 mm
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS University
INSTITUTION TYPE Botanic Garden
DATE FOUNDED 1964 (BGCI data); 1968 (CBD data)
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS In the garden there are 3 000 species of plant, both native and exotic. Some tulips, orchids, Liquidambar orientalis
TAXA Number of Living Plant Accessions: 2 300 (CBD data); 3 000 (BGCI data)
PROGRAMMES Education programmes: Tropical, xerophitic and exotic plants are presented to students and public
FEATURES AND FACILITIES Herbarium (more than 35 000 specimens)Arboretum (S) which is a large area covered by different trees and shrubs.
GreenhouseSystematic area (M1-2), that covers the major part of the garden with monocotyledons (M1) and dicotyledons (M2) in family order
Area for economic plants (F-G), which includes examples of plants that are used in food, industry and medicine and various horticultural species that can be grown in parks, gardens and houses

Pool section (L) has a rich collection of aquatic plants

Mountain section (K) is displayed on a mound made up of small and big stones with typical trees, shrubs, bulbous and some alpine plants of the Mediterranean region
MAIN DEFICIENCIES No information available
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:

www.bgci.org

www.cbd.int

www.sci.ege.edu.tr/~botanik/bahce.html

Documents:

Botanic Gardens Recorded in Turkey, CBD

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