Turkey – Ege Universitesi
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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 Web: www.sci.ege.edu.tr/~botanik/bahce.html Email:serdar.gokhan.senol@ege.edu.tr |
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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 |
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MAIN DEFICIENCIES | No information available | ||
SOURCES CONSULTED | Web:
www.cbd.int www.sci.ege.edu.tr/~botanik/bahce.html Documents: Botanic Gardens Recorded in Turkey, CBD |
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