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Kunming Botanical Garden

China - Yunnan - Kunming
Institution Code: KUN
International Agenda Registration: N
BGCI Member: Y
About the Kunming Botanical Garden
Kunming Botanical Garden, 12 km from Kunming city, with towering old trees form a Black Dragon Pool Park, a famous tourist area. Has 60 years of history, the total area of ​​44 hectares of Kunming Botanical Garden, is a valuable introduction Yunnan flowers, herbs Yunnan, Yunnan important trees and rare and endangered plants in Yunnan Province as the main content of the live collection of garden plants. Nearly 4,000 species of plants have been collected, with 10 specialized class botanical garden.

Main Address:
Kunming Botanical Garden
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Heilongtan, Northern Suburbs
Kunming
Yunnan 650204 China
Telephone: (86 871) 5223090/5223807
Fax: (86 871) 5150227/5219933
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Primary Email:

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Guan Kaiyun
    Curator's Name: Cheng Xiao
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Wang Zhonglang
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 24
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 20
    Administration Staff Number: 4

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: State: Y
  • Date founded: 1938
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Y
  • Total Area: 44 Hectares
    Latitude: 25.0166
    Longitude: 102.6833
    Annual Rainfall: 1006 mm
    Altitude: 1990.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 3 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 10 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: 昆明植物园 (云南)
  • Local Address: 中国云南省昆明市北郊黑龙潭中科院昆明植物研究所，邮编 650204
  • Locality: City: 昆明
  • Locality: State: 云南

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Y
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 1
    Arboretum: Y
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Y
    Published Plant Catalogue: Y
    Computer Plant Record System: Y
  • Open to public: Y
    Friends society: Y
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y
  • Number of Visitors: 300

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 4
  • Special Collections:Economically valuable species and cultivars and species of Camellia, Rhododendron, Begonia,Fern, Lilium, Medicinal Plants, Monocotyledons. Plants with volatile plant oils (Camphor etc). Conifers. Regular seed list produced.Rare and endangered plants of Yunnan

Conservation Programmes

  • Medicinal Plant Programme: Y
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Y

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: Y
    Conservation - Biology: Y
    Conservation - Genetics: Y
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Y
    Ecology: Y
    Ecosystem Conservation: Y
    Education: Y
    Ethnobotany: Y
    Exploration: Y
    Floristics: Y
    Molecular Genetics: Y
    Pollination Biology: Y
    Seed/Spore Biology: Y

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Y