Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich

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Switzerland - Zürich

Institution Code: ZSS

BGCI Member: Yes

Entrance area of the Zurich Succulent Plant Collection
Entrance area of the Zurich Succulent Plant Collection

About the Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich

Founded in 1931. specialized in succulent plants, 7 public greenhouses (from April 2013), outdoor succulent garden, frames.
Hours: daily (incl. Sundays and holidays): 9.00 - 16.30

Main Address:
Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich
Grun Stadt Zurich
Mythenquai 88
Zürich
CH-8002 Switzerland

Telephone: 41 (0)44 412 12 80
Fax: 41 (0)44 412 12 88
URL: www.stadt-zuerich.ch/sukkulenten
Primary Email: sukkulenten@zuerich.ch

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr Gabriela S. Wyss
    Curator's Name: Dr Felix Franz Merklinger
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Dr Felix Franz Merklinger
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 7
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: Yes
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1931
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Total Area: 1 Hectares
    Latitude: 47.3690
    Longitude: 8.5380
    Annual Rainfall: 1031 mm
    Altitude: 410.00 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Subtropenhaus, at Stadtgärtnerei Zürich
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich
  • Local Address: Mythenquai 88
  • Locality: City: CH-8002 Zürich
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 30000
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 55
    Number of Volunteers: 4

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 14284
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 5542
  • Special Collections:Succulent plants world-wide from all families, primarily Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Aloaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Aizoaceae, Portulacaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

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

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