Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation - Novosibirsk Oblast - Novosibirsk

Institution Code: NOVB

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the largest botanical institution in the Asian part of Russia. It was founded in the West Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences on academician V. L. Komarov's initiative in 1946.
Central Siberian Botanical Garden is a center of integration of botanical and ecological research in Siberia. Council of Siberian Botanical Gardens, Council for Problems of Botany in Siberia, Council for Protected Objects of the Plant Life and Novosibirsk Branch of the Russian Botanical Society work at the institution.
CSBG, SB RAS is a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International. The scientists take part in different joint projects with the USA, Italy, Finland, Canada, Sweden, China and other countries.

Training of highly qualified personnel for research institutions and educational establishments of Siberia through graduate and post-graduate studies is an importantpart of the work of CSBG. There is a Dissertation Committee on Ecology and Botany.

More than 70 patents on the inventions and cultivars of food, medicinal and ornamental plants have been obtained by the specialists of CSBG.

A number of collections and experimental plots have been created to date and new ones are being created within the Garden. These include an arboretum consisting of 400 species, 166 forms and hybrids, a medicinal, spicy and aromatic plant garden (350 species), collections of forage plants (270 species), rare and endangered plants (more than 100 species), ornamental plants (428 species) and food plants (144 species). There is also an extensive tropical collection held in the glasshouses consisting of 3000 species of tropical and subtropical plants. Experimental plots "Stony garden", "Garden of continuous flowering" and "Bonsai"are significant for this region. There are two herbaria with 550,000 specimens, a seed collection (1220 species) and a big collection of lichens and fungi.
Much of the basic and applied work that CSBG undertakes is in the form of the publication of 170 monographs, numerous collections and articles. In recent years publications have included a 14-volume "Flora of Siberia", "Green Data Book of Siberia", "Red Data Books" of certain regions of Siberia and "Manuals for the Identification of Plants"of Novosibrsk and Kemerovo Oblasts. "Siberian Journal of Ecology" is published.

Main Address:
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Zolotodolinskaya Street, 101
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk Oblast 630090 Russian Federation

Telephone: +73833304101
Fax: +73833344433
URL: http://www.csbg.nsc.ru
Primary Email: botgard@ngs.ru

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Evgeny V. Banaev, Director
    Curator's Name: Evgeny V. Banaev
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Maria A. Tomoshevich
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 80
    Educational Staff Number: 5
    Research Staff Number: 100
    Administration Staff Number: 7

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 1946
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 400 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 150 Hectares
  • Total Area: 849 Hectares
    Latitude: 55.0392
    Longitude: 82.9278
    Annual Rainfall: 400 mm
    Altitude: 160.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 800000
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 25
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 18766
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 13974
  • Special Collections:More than 2,000 ornamental plant species, varieties and forms. Particularly well represented genera include Agrostis, Allium, Aster, Astilbe, Astragalus, Campanula, Chrysanthemum, Crocus, Festuca, Hosta, Lilium, Muscari, Narcissus, Ornithogallum, Paeonia,
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: Yes
    Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: Yes
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Seed/Spore Biology: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: Yes
    Land Restoration: Yes
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: Yes