Eötvös Loránd University Botanic Garden

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Hungary - Budapest

Institution Code: BPU

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Eötvös Loránd University Botanic Garden

The oldest botanic garden in Hungary

Main Address:
Eötvös Loránd University Botanic Garden
Illés utca 25.
Budapest
H-1083 Hungary

Telephone: +36 1 314 0535
Fax: +36 1 314 0535
URL: http://www.fuveszkert.org
Primary Email: botanikuskert@yahoo.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: László Orlóci Dr.
    Curator's Name: László Papp
    Plant Records Officer's Name: László Papp
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 14
    Educational Staff Number: 4
    Research Staff Number: 8
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded: 1771
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Total Area: 8 Hectares
    Latitude: 47.5000
    Longitude: 19.0833
    Annual Rainfall: 514 mm
    Altitude: 114.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 2000 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Huzella Garden, Göd, Lágymányos campus, Trefort campus
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Füvészkert
  • Local Address: H-1083 Budapest, Illés u. 25.
  • Locality: City: Budapest
  • Locality: State: Hungary

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 15000
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 8
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 40000
    Number of Volunteers: 7

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 8500
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 8500
  • Special Collections:www.fuveszkert.org
  • Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Seed/Spore Biology: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: Yes
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes