The South China National Botanical Garden () of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...
(formerly Institute of Agriculture and Forestry) is a large
botanical garden
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in
Tianhe District
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Guangzhou
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Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
province in southern China.
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
Transport
*
Botanical Garden station on
Guangzhou Metro Line 6
External links
Official site (English)Herbarium @ Eflora
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Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Botanical gardens in Guangdong
Tourist attractions in Guangzhou
Gardens in Guangdong
Education in Guangzhou