Living Collection of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Mats Havström

doi:10.15468/cchsv3

Living Collection of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Citation

Havström M, Krüger Å (2024). Living Collection of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden. Version 1.8. Gothenburg Botanical Garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cchsv3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The area in total is 175 hectares (ca 430 acres), of which most constitutes a nature reserve including the arboretum. The garden proper is about 40 hectares and here grow some 16,000 different species and cultivars. There are many different parts of the garden such as the Rhododendron Valley, the Japanese Glade and the Rockgarden. In the Greenhouses you will find about 4,000 various species and cultivars, including some 1,500 orchids, a remarkable travertine department and the rare Eastern Island Tree. The garden is involved in conservation projects of threatened species in western Sweden.

Purpose

Research, horticulture, conservation, education

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Living collection of vascular plants from a wide geographical range.

Sampling

Seed exchange, field collecting of living material among others.

Quality Control

Curation

Method steps

Not appicable

Taxonomic Coverages

The collection includes vascular plants.

Tracheophytes
common name: Vascular plants rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The collection has a broad geographical range.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Mats Havström
originator
position: Head of research and collections
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottbergs gata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: Mats.Havstrom@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se

Åsa Krüger
metadata author
position: Scientific curator
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Cal Skottbergsgata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: asa.kruger@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-2672

Åsa Krüger
metadata author
position: Scientific curator
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottsbergs gata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: asa.kruger@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-2672

Mats Havström
curator
position: Head of research and collections
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottbergs gata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: Mats.Havstrom@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se

Mats Havström
administrative point of contact
position: Head of research and collections
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottbergs gata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: Mats.Havstrom@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se

Åsa Krüger
administrative point of contact
position: Scientific curator
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Cal Skottbergsgata 22a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: asa.kruger@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-2672

Hanna Tornevall
administrative point of contact
position: Director
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottsbergs gata 22 a
Göteborg
41319
SE
email: hanna.tornevall@vgregion.se
homepage: http://www.botaniska.se