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South China Botanical Garden

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Type
  
Public

Created
  
1929 (1929)

Website
  
scib.cn

Province
  
Guangdong Province

Location
  
Guangzhou, China

Status
  
Open year round

Area
  
11.55 km²

Phone
  
+86 20 8523 1993

South China Botanical Garden

Address
  
1190 Tianyuan Rd, Tianhe Qu, Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 510520

Similar
  
Sun Yat‑sen Memorial, Museum of the Mausoleu, Baiyun Mountain, Lotus Hill, Sacred Heart Cathedral

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The South China Botanical Garden (Chinese: 华南植物园) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (formerly Institute of Agriculture and Forestry) is a large botanical garden in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in southern China.

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History

The garden was founded in 1929 by botanist Chen Huanyong (Woon-young Chun). The garden focuses on research in ecology, systematic and evolutionary botany, plant resources, biotechnology, landscape and gardening. It covers 1155 hectares and contains 2400 plant species.

The garden is organized into several specialized collections containing:

Greenhouses

  • Alpine & Arctic plants
  • Aquatic plants
  • Mediterranean plants
  • Tropical plants
  • Desert plants
  • Garden

  • Magnolias
  • Palms
  • Gingers
  • Orchids
  • Medicinal Herbs
  • Relic plants
  • Bonsai
  • Landscaping Trees
  • Camellias
  • Bamboo
  • Rhododendron
  • Economical plants
  • Rare and Endangered plants
  • References

    South China Botanical Garden Wikipedia