Gradina Botanica "Alexandru Borza" a Universitatii din Cluj-Napoca

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Romania - Cluj - Cluj-Napoca

Institution Code: CL

BGCI Member: Yes

Main Address:
Gradina Botanica "Alexandru Borza" a Universitatii din Cluj-Napoca
42, Republicii str.
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj 400015 Romania

Telephone: +(40) 264 592 152
Fax:
URL:
Primary Email: gradina.botanica@ubbcluj.ro

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr Mihai PUSCAS
    Curator's Name: Alexandra SUTEU
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 4
    Educational Staff Number: 2
    Research Staff Number: 5
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1920
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 14 Hectares
    Latitude: 46.7858
    Longitude: 23.6869
    Altitude: 415.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Gradina Botanica "Alexandru Borza"
  • Local Address: strada Republicii, nr. 42, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
  • Locality: City:
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 680000
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Temperate trees such as Sequoidendron giganteum, Ginkgo biloba, Magnolia obovata and Syringa josikaea. Palmae, Cactaceae and other succulents, Orchidaceae (such as Cypripedium calceolus), Rosaceae, Bromeliaceae, Dahlia, Tulipa, Crocus, Iris, insectivorous

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: No

Education Programmes