Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences

China - Jiangxi - Lushan

Garden Information

Institution Code: LUS

Main Address:
Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mailing Address: P.O. No. 9 Zhiqing Road, Lushan, Jiangxi, 332900, China
Lushan
Jiangxi 332900 China

Telephone: (86-792) 8282542/8281678/8282223
Fax: (86-792) 8282223
URL:
Primary Email: lszwy_lszwy@sohu.com

Staff Details

Director's Name: Wu Yiya
Curator's Name: Zhan Xuanhuai
Plant Records Officer's Name: Zhang Lehua
Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 31
Educational Staff Number: 14
Research Staff Number: 48
Administration Staff Number: 11

About the Garden

Institution Type: Botanic Garden
Status
Status: Private: No
Status: State: Yes
Status: Educational: Yes
Date founded: 1934
Physical Data
Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
Natural vegetation area: Size: 240 Hectares
Total Area: 300 Hectares
Latitude: 29.5833
Longitude: 115.9833
Annual Rainfall: 1950 mm
Altitude: 1050.00 Metres
Total area of glasshouses: 2000 Metres
Total area of shadehouses: 500 Metres
Additional Locations
Satellite Garden Names: Changjiang River Botanic Garden. Associated Nature Reserve - Lushan Natural Protected Section.
Locality: Information
Locality: Garden Name: 江西省中国科学院庐山植物园
Local Address: 中国江西省九江市庐山含鄱口，邮编 332900
Locality: City: 庐山
Locality: State: 江西

Features and Facilities

Herbarium: Yes
Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 170
Arboretum: Yes
Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
Open to public: Yes
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
Number of Visitors: 100

Plant Collections

Cultivation Taxa Num: 3
Special Collections:Subalpine conifers, native plants, Rhododendrons, cacti and succulents, Actinidia germplasm collection, a pinetum, rock garden, arboretum, medicinal plant garden, tea plantation (including germplasm collections), iris garden and a nature reserve,Cupressaceae, Magnoliaceae.

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

Biotechnology: Yes
Conservation - Biology: Yes
Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
Ecology: Yes
Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
Education: Yes
Ethnobotany: Yes
Exploration: Yes
Horticulture: Yes
Restoration Ecology: Yes
Seed/Spore Biology: Yes
Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Permanent Public Displays: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes

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