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Shanghai Botanical Garden

China - Shanghai - Shanghai
Institution Code: SHANG
International Agenda Registration: Y
BGCI Member: N

Main Address:
Shanghai Botanical Garden
No. 1111 Longwu Road
Shanghai
Shanghai 200231 China
Telephone: 86-21-54363369
Fax: 86-21-54363460
URL: www.shbg.org
Primary Email: huyonghong68@hotmail.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Hu, Yonghong
    Curator's Name: Chen Bisheng
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Wang Yuqin
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 100
    Educational Staff Number: 10
    Research Staff Number: 30
    Administration Staff Number: 15

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: N
    Status: State: Y
    Status: Educational: Y
    Status: Municipal: Y
    Status: Satellite: N
    Status: Trust: N
  • Date founded: 1974
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: N
  • Landscaped Area: Y
    Landscaped Area: Size: 80 Hectares
  • Total Area: 80 Hectares
    Latitude: 31.2000
    Longitude: 121.4333
    Annual Rainfall: 1143 mm
    Altitude: 4.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 10000 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 2000 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: 上海植物园
  • Local Address: 中国上海市龙吴路1111号，邮编 200231
  • Locality: City: 上海
  • Locality: State: 上海

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: N
    Arboretum: Y
    Arboretum Size: 50
  • Seed Bank: Y
    Published Plant Catalogue: Y
    Computer Plant Record System: N
  • Open to public: Y
    Friends society: Y
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Y
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y
    Disabled access: N

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Pengjin plants (Bonsai plants), azaleas, camellia, Chinese orchids, plants for environmental protection, Rosa, Paeonia, Rhododendron, Acer, Osmanthus, bamboo, medicinal plants,

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: N
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Y
    Molecular Genetics: Y
    Pollination Biology: N
    Restoration Ecology: N
    Seed/Spore Biology: N
    Sustainability: Y
    Pharmacology: N
    Agriculture: Y
    Land Restoration: N
    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: N
    Courses for University/College Students: N
    Courses for General Public: N
    Education Programme: Y