Botanical Garden of Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy

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Russian Federation - Stavropolskij Krai - Pyatigorsk

Institution Code: PYAT

BGCI Member: No

About the Botanical Garden of Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy

Botanical Garden was founded in 1946 for the cultivation of medicinal herbs, as well as rare and interesting foreign plants. Botanical garden of PSPA – one of the oldest centers of science in the North Caucasus. Since 1949 the botanical garden is base of research work of employees, post-graduate students and students of academy. For many long years the volume and structure of a collection of plants changed. It has been presented by the greatest specific variety to 60-70 years of last century. In creation of a collection of a garden took direct part: professor A.L.Shinkarenko, senior lecturer E.A.Kechetov, professor D.A.Muravieva, professor R.M.Seredin.Employees filled up a collection of kinds of a botanical garden at the expense of plants brought of expeditions across Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Altai, the Far East, Central Asia, an exchange of a landing and seed material with other botanical gardens. In 80th years of last century the collection has replenished with many kinds of overseas plants post-graduate students from Congo, Bangladesh, Vietnam. The botanical garden participates in the International programs on preservation of a specific variety of plants.

Main Address:
Botanical Garden of Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy
Ботанический сад Пятигорской государственной фармацевтической академии
Kirov Avenue 33
Pyatigorsk
Stavropolskij Krai 357532 Russian Federation

Telephone: (8793) 324474
Fax: (8793) 329267
URL: http://www.pgfa.ru/
Primary Email: bgpspa@yandex.ru

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: S. V. Grigorenko, Director
    Curator's Name: Fatima Serebryanaya, Curator
    Plant Records Officer's Name:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Date founded: 1946
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 117 Hectares
    Latitude: 44.048625
    Longitude: 42.979615
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Plant Collection consist of medicinal plants (more than 200 species), dendrarium (80 species), regular site based on Engler system (110 species), the Greenhouse (more than 130 species).

Conservation Programmes

  • Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Plant Breeding: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Seed/Spore Biology: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes