
BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	BGCI > Garden Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands. National Botanical Garden of Iran Iran - Tehran Garden Information Institution Code: TEHFR International Agenda Registration: N BGCI Member: N Main Address: Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands. National Botanical Garden of Iran P.O. Box 13185-116, TEHRAN, Iran. Tehran Iran Telephone: +9821 44195901-5 Fax: 9821 44196575 URL: Primary Email: rifr@rifr-ac.ir Staff Details Director's Name: Ziba Jamzad Curator's Name: Plant Records Officer's Name: Total Staff: Horticultural Staff Number: 14 Educational Staff Number: Research Staff Number: 12 Administration Staff Number: About the Garden Institution Type: Botanic Garden Status Status: State: Y Date founded: 1968 Physical Data Natural Vegetation Area: N Landscaped Area: Y Landscaped Area: Size: 90 Hectares Total Area: 150 Hectares Latitude: 35.7061 Longitude: 51.4358 Annual Rainfall: 250 mm Altitude: 0.00 Metres Total area of glasshouses: 5000 Metres Additional Locations Satellite Garden Names: Nowshahr Botanic Garden; Tabriz Botanic Garden; Dezful Botanic Garden; Mashhad Botanic Garden; Yazd desert plants collection; Kashan desert plants collection; Hamadan Medicinal Plant Collection Features and Facilities Herbarium: Y Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 150000 Arboretum: Y Arboretum Size: 15 Seed Bank: Y Computer Plant Record System: Y Plant Collections Special Collections:Bulbous plants of Iran, native desert plants, Caspian forest vegetation, fruit garden ( cultivar collections of grape, walnut, pomegranite) medicinal plants; horticultural display area; Zagros forest vegetation; Japanese Garden; Europe vegetation selection; North America vegetion selection; systematic garden; trial and education plots; Caucasus vegetaion selection; broad leaf evergreens;Himalya vegetation selection; Forest and picnic area; Nurssary; greenhouse; central square-Persian Garden and rose garden; Conservation Programmes Conservation Programme: Y Medicinal Plant Programme: Y Ex Situ Conservation Programme: N Research Programmes Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Y Ecology: Y Exploration: Y Floristics: Y Horticulture: Y Systematics and Taxonomy: Y Education Programmes Guided Tours: Y	Journal Articles Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (RIFR), Iran August 1995