Institute of Botany, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Description

The Institute of Botany of Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the multidirectional research center studying flora of Azerbaijan Republic. In 1936 it was established on the basis of the Azerbaijanian Sector of Transcaucasian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The first director of the Institute was a well-known botanist, the famous researcher of flora of Caucasus, Academician A.A.Grossheim who played major role in the formation of the Institute. Later, Academician M.H.Abutalibov (1947-1950; 1962-1978), Academician H.A.Aliyev (1950-1952), Prof. Dr. Sh.O.Barkhalov (1952-1957), Academician V.J.Hajiyev (1988-2008), Corresponding member of the ANAS S.H.Musayev (2008-2010), Academician V.M. Ali-zade (2010-2021) headed the Institute. Currently, Dr., professor Sayyara Ibadullayeva is the director of the Institute of Botany of MSE RA (since 2021). Main scientific activities include the assessment of the current state and dynamics of plant biodiversity, identification, protection and rational utilization of resources, preparation of databases and interactive maps; clarification of the adaptive mechanisms of stress and organisms to the environment changes in the biochemical, cellular and organism level, increasing the productivity of plants of agricultural significance. The Herbarium Foundation of the Institute of Botany, MSE RA, which contains the historical and recent herbarium collections, was organized in 1936. The herbarium collection contains nearly 600.000 specimens belonging to 135 families and 1065 genera. The majority of the specimens represent the flora of Azerbaijan as well as the Caucasian flora. Flora of Iran, Turkey, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, USA, Israel and etc. are also present. There are at least 270 type specimens in the collection. On the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Institute of Botany of ANAS (present Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (Germany) successful steps are made in the direction of conservation and digitalization of herbarium materials and the inclusion of their data and photographs in international networks (using the JACQ collection management system).

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Dominik Röpert
Telephone: +49 30 83850 172
email: d.roepert@bgbm.org

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Heimo Rainer
email: heimo.rainer@nhm-wien.ac.at

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Nigar Mursal
Telephone: (+994 12) 502 44 80
email: nigar_mursal@yahoo.com

Institute of Botany, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Badamdar Highway 40
Baku
Az1004
AZ
email: direktor@botany.science.az