Fundacion Jardin Botanico del Orinoco

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Venezuela - Bolivar - Ciudad Bolivar

Institution Code: ORINO

BGCI Member: No

About the Fundacion Jardin Botanico del Orinoco

La Fundación Jardín Botánico del Orinoco, es una Institución sin fines de lucro, con personalidad jurídica y patrimonio propio, creada por la Gobernación del Estado Bolívar, el 13 de Octubre de 1993, bajo los auspicios de un Consejo Superior integrado por la Gobernación del Estado Bolívar, la Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, la Alcaldía del Municipio Heres y la Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana

Main Address:
Fundacion Jardin Botanico del Orinoco
Calle Bolivar
Modulos Laguna El Porvenir
Ciudad Bolivar
Bolivar 8001 Venezuela

Telephone: +58 2856320823
Fax: +58 2856325535
URL: www.jborinoco.org
Primary Email: jarboto@cantv.net

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Ricardo Aquino
    Curator's Name: Alexander Guevara
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Sofia Ruano
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 22
    Educational Staff Number: 8
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 8

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: Yes
  • Date founded: 1993
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 6 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 30 Hectares
  • Total Area: 64 Hectares
    Latitude: 8.0821
    Longitude: -63.5299
    Annual Rainfall: 1051 mm
    Altitude: 18.00 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 200 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Jardin Botanico del Orinoco
  • Local Address: Calle Bolivar, Modulos Laguna El Porvenir
  • Locality: City: Ciudad Bolivar
  • Locality: State: Bolivar

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 23000
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 4
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: No

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Se esta elaborando el catalogo de las plantas vasculares del Jardin Botanico del Orinoco, el cual incluye, hasta ahora, 540 especies de plantas cultivadas y naturales del area del Jardin.

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

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

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: No
    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