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Jardín Botánico Universidad Nacional de San Luis

Argentina - San Luis - San Luis
Institution Code: UNSL
International Agenda Registration: Y
BGCI Member: N
About the Jardín Botánico Universidad Nacional de San Luis
It is a collection of living plants arranged in evolutionary order. Its objective is to improve the public understanding of plant diversity to inspire the necessary respect for life and the environment. It is used mainly for educational purposes at all levels of formal and informal education. It is also used in botanical research conducted in the herbarium of the Universidad Nacional de San Luis (acronym: UNSL) and extension and dissemination of botanical knowledge to the general public.

Main Address:
Jardín Botánico Universidad Nacional de San Luis
Ejercito de Los Andes 950
San Luis
San Luis D5700HHW Argentina
Telephone: +54 2652 426744
Fax: +54 2652 430224
URL: http://www.herbario.unsl.edu.ar
Primary Email: lvitto@unsl.edu.ar

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Luis A. Del Vitto
    Curator's Name: Dr. Elisa M. Petenatti
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 2
    Educational Staff Number: 3
    Research Staff Number: 5
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Educational: Y
  • Date founded: 1999
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: N
  • Landscaped Area: Y
  • Total Area: 1 Hectares
    Latitude: -33.292270
    Longitude: -66.340760
    Annual Rainfall: 450 mm
    Altitude: 740.00 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 20 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: none
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Herbario y Jardín Botánico de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis
  • Local Address: Ejército de los Andes 950 - D5700HHW San Luis - Argentina
  • Locality: City: San Luis
  • Locality: State: San Luis

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Y
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 35000
    Arboretum: N
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: N
    Seed Bank: Y
    Published Plant Catalogue: Y
    Computer Plant Record System: N
  • Open to public: Y
    Friends society: N
    Retail Outlet: Shop: N
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: N
    Disabled access: Y
  • Number of Visitors: 1500
    Number of Volunteers: 3

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 1090
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 450
  • Special Collections:Almost 450 plant species from around the world are cultivated. Some of them are endemic to Argentina, and someone are threatened. Some of them are endemic to Argentina, and someone are threatened. Three plants are emblematics: an offshoot of the "Algarrobo Abuelo" (Prosopis chilensis) from northwestern San Luis, a pair of “ombúes” (Phytolacca dioica) from Atlantic coastal and Pampas, and a plant of "seibo”, (Erythrina crista-galli) whose purple flowers were declared "Argentina's national flower" in 1942.

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Y
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Y

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Y
    Education: Y
    Ethnobotany: Y
    Exploration: Y
    Floristics: Y
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Y
    Pharmacology: Y
    Land Restoration: Y
    Urban Environments: Y

Education Programmes

  • Education Booklets/Leaflets: Y
    Guided Tours: Y
    Special Exhibitions: Y
    Courses for School Children: Y
    Courses for University/College Students: Y
    Education Programme: Y
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