Jardin botanique de Montréal (JBM)

Study Extent

The data represents the living collections in culture at the Montreal Botanical Garden. The collection is therefore dynamic and is subject to constant change as accessions are removed (due to mortality for example) and new ones are added on a continual basis. The data will be updated once a year in January.

Sampling

BG-Base is the database used by the Montreal Botanical Garden. Accessions qualified as alive as of January of the current year are extracted from the database. Excluded from this dataset are annuals as well as nursery cultivated material (for example seedlings).

Quality Control

Inventories are performed for most collections on an annual basis. Material is accessioned under the name it is originally received. Nomenclatural revisions are regularly undertaken to assure that the nomenclature of the material in culture reflects current knowledge. However, formal identification of the material in culture is not systematically done.

Method steps

1. The relevant data are extracted from BG-Base as text.

Specialty collections include wild collected Araceae from French Guyana, a recognized North American Plant Collection Consortium (NAPCC) botanical rose collection and a substantial orchid collection. American Begonia species are also well represented in the collections.

1. Bromeliaceae
   common name: Bromeliads rank: family
2. Orchidaceae
   common name: Orchids rank: family
3. Begoniaceae
   common name: Begonias rank: family
4. Gesneriaceae
   common name: Gesneriads rank: family
5. Araceae
   common name: Aroids rank: family
6. Rosa
   common name: Rose rank: genus
7. Plantae
   common name: Plants rank: kingdom
8. Equisetopsida
   common name: Vascular plants rank: class

The collection is worldwide in scope. Taxa of temperate climates are cultivated in the exterior gardens. Greenhouses support mostly humid tropical and succulent taxa. Specialty collections include wild collected Araceae from French Guyana, a recognized North American Plant Collection Consortium (NAPCC) botanical rose collection and a substantial orchid collection. American Begonia species are also well represented in the collections.