Botanical Garden of Vilnius University
Botanical Garden of Vilnius University | |
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Type | Botanical garden |
Location | Vilnius Lithuania |
Coordinates | 54°44′09″N 25°24′10″E / 54.73583°N 25.40278°E |
Area | 198.85 ha (491 acres)[1] |
Opened | 1781 |
Operated by | Vilnius University |
Visitors | ~100,000[2] |
Status | Open during the Summer season |
Website | Official website |
Botanical Garden of Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universiteto botanikos sodas) is a botanical garden situated in Vilnius, Lithuania.
History
The garden was established by
Antakalnis elderate of Vilnius. There is also a department of the garden in Vingis Park
(address: M. K. Čiurlionio 110, LT-03100 Vilnius).
Collection
The collection of the botanical garden includes 11,000 taxa of plants,[1] including:
- 2,500 taxa in Department of Dendrology
- 3,000 taxa in Department of Plant Systematic and Geography
- 3,200 taxa in Department of Floriculture
- 300 taxa in Department of Plant Genetic
- 750 taxa in Department of Pomology
- 100 taxa in Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Isolated Tissue Cultures
About one third of the Lithuanian vascular plant inhabit the territory of the garden.[2]
Research
The botanical garden carries out research in the areas of biotechnology, horticulture, molecular genetics, conservation, ethnobotany, systematics and taxonomy.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Botanical Garden of Vilnius University - About Us".
- ^ a b c "Botanical Garden of Vilnius University". Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
- ^ Kłos, Juliusz (1937). Wilno : przewodnik krajoznawczy. Wilno: Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze. p. 162.
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