The Ljubljana Botanical Garden ( sl, Ljubljanski botanični vrt), officially the University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden (), is the central
Slovenia
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botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
, the oldest botanical garden in
Southeastern Europe
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, and one of the oldest cultural, scientific, and educational organisations in Slovenia.
Its headquarters are located in the
Rudnik District
The Rudnik District (, sl, Četrtna skupnost Rudnik), or simply Rudnik, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ...
of
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...
, the Slovenian capital, at
Ig Street () along the
Gruber Canal __NOTOC__
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Places
* Gruber Mountains, Antarctic ...
to the southeast of
Castle Hill.
The garden started operating under the leadership of
Franc Hladnik in 1810, when Ljubljana was the capital of the
Illyrian Provinces.
It is thus an averagely old European botanical garden.
The institution is a member of the international network
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a plant conservation charity based in Kew, Surrey, England. It is a membership organisation, working with 800 botanic gardens in 118 countries, whose combined work forms the world's largest pla ...
and cooperates with more than 270 botanical gardens all across the world.
Of over 4,500 plant
species
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and
subspecies that grow on , roughly a third is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to Slovenia, whereas the rest originate from other European places and other continents.
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Botanical gardens in Slovenia
Botanical Gardens
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
1810 establishments in the Illyrian Provinces
Botanical Garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
Monuments of designed nature of Slovenia
Protected areas in Ljubljana
Rudnik District
Cultural monuments of Slovenia
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