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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

China - Yunnan - Xishuangbanna
Institution Code: HITBC
International Agenda Registration: Y
BGCI Member: Y
Founder of XTBG, Professor Cai Xitao and his associates.
Founder of XTBG, Professor Cai Xitao and his associates.
About the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS
中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden (XTBG), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is located in Menglun Township, Mengla County of Yunnan Province.

XTBG is a comprehensive research institution engaged in biodiversity conservation and sustainable uses of plant resources, focusing on forest ecosystem ecology, conservation biology and resource plant development. Facilities available for scientific research include two national field research stations (Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem Station, and Ailaoshan Station for Forest Ecosystem Studies); laboratories for Biogeochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Plant Phylogenetics & Conservation Biology, Physiological Ecology; a Germplasm Bank for Rare & Endangered Plants; and a Herbarium of Tropical Plants, etc. Aside from the headquarter in Xishuangbanna, an important division has been setup in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province.

Currently (as of Dec. 2010), XTBG has 314 staff members, including 125 scientific researchers and technical personnel. There are 74 senior researchers (57 PhD holders), 181 postgraduate students (59 of them are doctoral candidates) and postdoctoral or visiting scientists.

Over 12,300 species of plants are well preserved in its 37 living collections.

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XTBG has become one of the “AAAAA” level tourist destinations in China since July 2011.

Download: Annual Reports (2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012)

Download: International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation (中文版)

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Main Address:
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS
中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
Menglun, Mengla
Xishuangbanna
Yunnan 666303 China
Telephone: 86 691 8715460
Fax: 86 691 8715070
URL: www.xtbg.cas.cn
Primary Email: office@xtbg.org.cn

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. CHEN Jin
    Curator's Name: Ms. HU Jianxiang
    Plant Records Officer's Name: JING Zhaopeng
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 51
    Educational Staff Number: 35
    Research Staff Number: 114
    Administration Staff Number: 45

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: N
    Status: State: Y
    Status: Educational: Y
    Status: Municipal: N
    Status: Satellite: N
    Status: Trust: N
  • Date founded: 1959
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Y
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 230 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Y
    Landscaped Area: Size: 370 Hectares
  • Total Area: 1125 Hectares
    Latitude: 21.927321
    Longitude: 101.253862
    Annual Rainfall: 1560 mm
    Altitude: 560.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 700 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 8000 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Jingdong Subtropical Botanical Garden (Planned)
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: 中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
  • Local Address: 勐仑镇
  • Locality: City: 勐腊县
  • Locality: State: 云南省

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Y
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 150000
    Arboretum: Y
    Arboretum Size: 6
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Y
    Seed Bank: Y
    Published Plant Catalogue: Y
    Computer Plant Record System: Y
  • Open to public: Y
    Friends society: Y
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Y
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y
    Disabled access: Y
  • Number of Visitors: 550000
    Number of Volunteers: 12

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 44000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 12300
  • Special Collections:Palms, orchids, bamboo, tropical fruits, shade-plants, ornamental plants, oil plants, medicinal plants, Zingiberaceae, Araceae, Dipterocarpaceae, tropical conifers, aquatic plants, and more, altogether 37 collections.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Y
    Invasive Species Policy: Y
    ABS Policy: Y
    Plant Collection Policy: Y

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: Y
    Plant Breeding: 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
    Horticulture: Y
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Y
    Molecular Genetics: Y
    Pollination Biology: Y
    Restoration Ecology: Y
    Seed/Spore Biology: Y
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Y
    Sustainability: Y
    Pharmacology: Y
    Agriculture: Y
    Land Restoration: Y
    Urban Environments: Y

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Y
    Education Signs in Garden: Y
    Public Lectures/Talks: Y
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Y
    Guided Tours: Y
    Permanent Public Displays: Y
    Special Exhibitions: Y
    Courses for School Children: Y
    Courses for University/College Students: Y
    Courses for General Public: Y
    Education Programme: Y