South China National Botanical Garden
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| South China National Botanical Garden | |
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  Location within Guangdong | |
| Type | Public |
| Location | Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China |
| Coordinates | 23°11′12″N 113°21′51″E / 23.1868°N 113.3642°E |
| Area | 2,854 acres (1,155 ha) |
| Created | 1929 |
| Status | Open year round |
| Website | scib.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 华南国家植物园 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華南國家植物園 | ||||||||||
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The South China National Botanical Garden (Chinese: 华南国家植物园) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (formerly Institute of Agriculture and Forestry) is a large botanical garden in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong province in southern China.
History
[edit]The garden was founded in 1929 by botanist Chen Huanyong (Woon-young Chun).[1] 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.[2]
The garden is organized into several specialized collections containing:
Greenhouses
[edit]- Alpine & Arctic plants
- Aquatic plants
- Mediterranean plants
- Tropical plants
- Desert plants
Garden
[edit]- Magnolias
- Palms
- Gingers
- Orchids
- Medicinal Herbs
- Relic plants
- Bonsai
- Landscaping Trees
- Camellias
- Bamboo
- Rhododendron
- Economical plants
- Rare and Endangered plants[3]
Transport
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Our mission & History----Chinese Academy of Sciences ,South China Botanical Garden". english.scbg.ac.cn. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- ↑ "Memorial Hall". South China Botanical Garden. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ "BGCI GardenSearch". gardensearch.bgci.org. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
External links
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