Jardim Botanico do Recife

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Brazil - Pernambuco - Recife

Institution Code: RECIF

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Jardim Botanico do Recife
BR 232 - Km 7,5, Curado
Recife
Pernambuco 50.791-540 Brazil

Telephone: +55 81 33550003
Fax:
URL: http://jardimbotanico.recife.pe.gov.br
Primary Email: jardimbotanico@recife.pe.gov.br

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Ladivania Medeiros do Nascimento
    Curator's Name: Bruno Leal Viana
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Jefferson Rodrigues Maciel
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 11
    Educational Staff Number: 20
    Research Staff Number: 10
    Administration Staff Number: 3

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: No
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1979
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 10 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 2 Hectares
  • Total Area: 13 Hectares
    Latitude: -8.07672722
    Longitude: -34.961828
    Annual Rainfall: 1200 mm
    Altitude: 40.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Jardim Botânico do Recife
  • Local Address: BR­ 232, km 7,5, Curado, Recife, PE. CEP 50.791-540
  • Locality: City: Recife
  • Locality: State: Pernambuco

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: No
  • 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: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 100

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 6
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 146
  • Special Collections:The collections are installed in special structures for cultivation and for display. The JBR also have a natural area where several species are cataloged and grow spontaneously.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    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: No
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: No
    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: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: No
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes