Centres of Plant Diversity

Turkey – Ege Universitesi

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