Gewachshaus fur tropische Nutzpflanzen

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Germany - Deutschland - Witzenhausen

Institution Code: KASSE

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Gewachshaus fur tropische Nutzpflanzen

Greenhouse for Tropical Crops (Gewächshaus für tropische Nutzpflanzen TGH) is the smallest german botanic garden. TGH is loceted in a torwn with 7.000 inhabitants and part of the Organic Agricultural Sciences of Kassel University.
It holds and presents a collection of tropical and subtropical crops. it collects on the geneetic ressources level (e.g. 60 accessions of Oryza sativa as seed and living plants, 12 cultivars of Musa x paradisiaca, 14 cv. of Coffea arabica in living cllection.
The collection is registered in a database (filemaker) with an inventory done annually.
There is a focus on global learning/education for susatinable development for the public.

TGH is active part in the German Association of Botanic Gardens and supports the working groups of Education, Technicians and biological pest control. It is member of BGCI for more than 25 years!

Main Address:
Gewachshaus fur tropische Nutzpflanzen
Universitat Kassel, Steinstrasse 19,
Organic Agriculturula Sciences
Witzenhausen
D-37213 Germany - Deutschland

Telephone: 49 (0)554 298 1231
Fax: 49 554 298 1230
URL: http://www.tropengewaechshaus.de
Primary Email: tropengewaechshaus@uni-kassel.de

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert
    Curator's Name: Marina Hethke
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 3
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: State: Yes
  • Date founded: 1902
  • Physical Data
  • Latitude: 51.3394
    Longitude: 9.8564
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 1 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Gewächshaus für tropische Nutzpflanzen/Tropengewächshaus
  • Local Address: Steinstraße 19 37213 Witzenhausen
  • Locality: City: Witzenhausen
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 15
    Number of Volunteers: 3

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 450
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 1200
  • Special Collections:Agricultural/horticultural Collection
    Greenhouse holds and presents a collection of tropical and subtropical crops. Useful plants and their wild relatives.
    Collection on the genetic ressources level (e.g. 60 accessions and varieties of Oryza sativa as seed and living plants, 12 cultivars of Musa x paradisiaca, 14 cv. of Coffea arabica in living cllection).
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: No
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: No
    Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

  • Ecology: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Agriculture: Yes
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

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